A bloc of East African nations on Wednesday called for South Sudan's government to release detained officials and lift ...

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 prominent South Sudanese opposition lawmaker, Gatwech Lam Puoch, was arrested in the capital, Juba, on Tuesday afternoon, ...

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

The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) on Wednesday called for the immediate release of officials ...

President Salva Kiir vowed the country would not return to war, but the clashes have threatened 2018's fragile power-sharing ...

South Sudan's main opposition party, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army-In Opposition (SPLM/A-IO) led by First ...

South Sudan’s unity government, led by President Salva Kiir with former rebel leader, Riek Machar as First Vice President, is facing mounting tensions, and clashes between forces allied to the ...

Last week, Igad Executive Secretary Workneh Gebeyehu called for restraint and dialogue to defuse rising tensions in South ...

According to Uganda’s military chief Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, Kampala has deployed troops to South Sudan’s capital, Juba, to ...

Ugandan special forces have been deployed to South Sudan's capital Juba, the Ugandan army chief said Tuesday, after rising tensions threatened a fragile peace agreement between President Salva Kiir ...

JUBA, South Sudan - The Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) chief Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba has confirmed the deployment of the elite forces to Sudan Sudan's capital, Juba, a move geared towards ...