Renewed fighting in Western Equatoria State tells a grim story—a peace deal gasping its last breath, and a country lurching back towards the abyss.

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 ...

South Sudan must resolve ethnic conflicts to be a nation at peace December 29, 2013 More than 11 years ago Abdul Mohammed is the chief of staff for the African Union High-Level Implementation ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

YEI, South Sudan – Infants hacked with machetes. Charred bodies with their arms bound. Women who were gang-raped. Men who were spared death but arbitrarily detained. These are the tales of ...

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.

Two weeks ago, South Sudan was best known as the youngest African country, created with much international fanfare in 2011. Today, it may be the next Rwanda.

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.