To read more of The Economist’s data journalism visit our Graphic Detail page.. T HE WAR in Sudan, which began on April 15th, has already forced almost 400,000 people from their homes. Tens of ...

Rumours about Kiir's health have long circulated but the topic is absolutely off-limits for discussion in official circles.

The conflict in South Sudan has caused immeasurable suffering.In the past six years, international observers have estimated 400,000 people have died. Today, at least 4.1 million people remain ...

Residents of Juba, the capital of South Sudan, are familiar with violence. When civil war erupted in 2013, two years after independence from Sudan, the city was the scene of ethnic massacres and ...

Niall O’Connor travelled to South Sudan and the Sudan border to report on the forgotten African crisis. This is his third dispatch from the region.

Instead, South Sudan’s tenuous peace is on the verge of collapse, with Mr. Machar accused of inciting an antigovernment rebellion led by a militia known as the White Army.