South Sudan has been plagued by crises that West Africa reporter Sam Mednick has covered extensively. On a reporting trip ...

Uganda’s ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) parliamentary caucus has endorsed the deployment of Ugandan troops ...

Siddhi Joshi and Ananya Kohli contributed to this report.  South Sudanese authorities arrested 22 political and military personnel in violation of human rights obligations in mid-February, according ...

Attendees commended the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) for its regional leadership, including a summit ...

South Sudan's security situation is volatile as civil war-time leadership divisions deepen. The UN has expressed concerned, ...

The NRM parliamentary caucus, in a meeting chaired by President Yoweri Museveni at State House Entebbe this afternoon, issued ...

YEMEN: Yemen’s Houthi rebels have said they will resume attacks on Israeli ships in the Red Sea and its surroundings, ...

The U.S. and Israel have reached out to officials of three East African governments to discuss using their territories as ...

Many in South Sudan now perceive Uganda as aiding a government viewed by ordinary citizens as oppressive, illegitimate, and disconnected from their plight. Some South Sudanese now believe Uganda no ...

National Resistance Movement (NRM) lawmakers have expressed their support for the deployment of the Uganda People's Defence ...

Some 6.7 million additional people are expected to be newly displaced around the world by the end of next year, the Danish ...

Officials from Sudan, Somalia and the breakaway region of Somaliland were contacted regarding the proposal, the AP reported, ...