South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has appealed for calm following a series of escalating political and security tensions, ...

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Uganda has deployed an unknown number of troops to South Sudan in a bid to protect the fragile government of President Salva ...

However, the independence movement, led by Kiir’s Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM), quickly splintered. By 2013, the country had descended into full-scale civil war. The fighting killed more ...

JUBA, South Sudan - A United Nations (UN) helicopter was attacked in South Sudan on Friday, officials said, just as tensions ...

IGAD heads of state and government have urged South Sudan leaders to collectively resolve not to take the country back to war by de-escalating and exercising restraint.The leaders say ;the Revitalised ...

Uganda has deployed an unknown number of troops to South Sudan in a bid to protect the fragile government of President Salva Kiir as ... Last week a South Sudanese general was among several ...

Since March 4, at least 22 individuals have been detained by authorities, raising concerns over due process and human rights ...

The Uganda People’s Defence Forces has confirmed reinforcing its deployment in South Sudan, without providing further details ...

Tensions are spiraling in South Sudan amid escalating militia violence in Upper Nile state in the east of the country, cabinet reshuffles, and the arrests of several senior officials in the capital, ...

A fragile power-sharing agreement between President Salva Kiir and First Vice President ... which killed a crew member. An army general also died during the operation, the UN said.

Tensions are running dangerously high after an opposition-linked militia overran an army base loyal to President Salva Kiir in South Sudan's Upper Nile state. Regional leaders should urgently press ...