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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...