He had escaped Juba, the capital, and gone up-country, into the home territory of his fellow Nuer people. The President of South Sudan, Salva Kiir, had accused Machar—a longtime ally turned ...

South Sudan’s president has called for dialogue amid concerns that the country could relapse into a civil war due to the ...

South Sudan, newly independent, continues violent clashes between the Murle and the Lou Nuer tribes over cattle. Child abduction is a byproduct, and on the rise. Eleven-year-old Kakayo is among ...

This crisis was precipitated by Nuer/Dinka fighting (1991-93), also in disregard of tribal and international rules of war, which grew out of the 1991 split in the Sudan People´s Liberation Army ...

JAN. 2, 2010 - Nuer tribesmen attack Dinka cattle herders in Tonj East, a remote part of oil-producing south Sudan, and seize about 5,000 animals. At least 139 people are killed 54 wounded, a ...

Hundreds of people have been wounded in ethnic violence over the past few months in South Sudan, the world's newest country. Nearly two years after its independence, the country continues to face ...

The Nuer are a large pastoralist community living in western Ethiopia and South Sudan in east Africa. They rely on livestock keeping and have speci ...

Clashes have killed 56 people during four days of fighting in South Sudan's eastern Jonglei state, after youth from the Nuer community attacked another ethnic group, a local official said on ...

Analysis - The Nuer are a large pastoralist community living in western Ethiopia and South Sudan in east Africa. They rely on livestock keeping and have special beliefs and customs about how to ...

The Nuer are a large pastoralist community living in western Ethiopia and South Sudan in east Africa. They rely on livestock keeping and have special beliefs and customs about how to live with ...