LUONYAKER, Sudan—This month, I’ve had the chance to travel to several different corners of Southern Sudan. Reporting trips have taken me to the fertile, green jungle forests of Western Equatoria state ...

KAMPALA, Uganda – A new United Nations report describes South Sudan as teetering on the edge of genocide and experiencing ethnic cleansing, a stark portrayal of a nation whose crises now include ...

JUBA, South Sudan — The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Tuesday to nearly double the number of peace­keepers in the world's newest nation to more than 14,000 and urged swift action to ...

Attacks by rival factions of the Dinka ethnic group in an area claimed by both Sudan and South Sudan killed at least 32 people over the weekend, a local official said on Monday.

South Sudan, the world’s youngest country, could soon devolve into renewed civil war. On Wednesday, soldiers surrounded Vice President Riek Machar’s home in Juba, the capital, following the ...

Ethnic warfare is becoming the new normal in South Sudan, which has tumbled from promising protégé of the West to a broken state with little hope for peace.

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A new United Nations report describes South Sudan as teetering on the edge of genocide and experiencing ethnic cleansing, a stark portrayal of a nation whose crises now ...

Many of South Sudan’s forces, like Kiir, are ethnic Dinka. South Sudanese government officials have repeatedly denied that the country is experiencing genocide and ethnic cleansing.