In the novel We, the Kindling, Otoniya J. Okot Bitek weaves together stories of women who were abducted as children by a rebel militia in northern Uganda. Through the writing, each powerful voice ...

New alliances in Sudan’s civil war risk sparking a regional conflict by drawing in neighbouring South Sudan, analysts tell Al Jazeera. The biggest development was an alliance in February between ...

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — The main opposition group in South Sudan demanded Monday an international probe into alleged rights abuses in recent fighting that saw government troops target areas ...

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Divisions emerged Wednesday in South Sudan’s main opposition party after the detention of its longtime leader, as some voted to replace him with a government minister ...

A power-sharing deal between Kiir and Machar is unravelling, threatening a return to South Sudan’s bloody civil war. Riek Machar attends the signing in Khartoum, Sudan of an accord with the ...

Riek Machar, South Sudan's First Vice President and President Salva Kiir's enduring rival, was arrested on Wednesday on "unclear charges", marking a dramatic escalation to a weeks-long conflict ...

Since April 2023, the war in Sudan has displaced nearly 13 million people, including over one million people who have arrived in South Sudan - both Sudanese refugees and South Sudanese returnees.

JUBA (Reuters) – The conflict in neighbouring Sudan is worsening South Sudan’s security and economic woes, the head of the U.N. mission in South Sudan warned on Wednesday, citing a ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The top United Nations official in South Sudan urged the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday to use its clout to prevent the world’s newest nation from again plunging into ...