BENTIU, SOUTH SUDAN — South Sudanese President Salva Kiir has sacked the governor of Unity state, making for the second such firing of a top state official this year. Kiir issued a presidential ...

Lawmakers in South Sudan's Unity state have accused Assembly Speaker Maguek Gai Majak of corruption and violating the state and national consitutions, and voted to remove him from office.

September 15, 2013 (BENTIU) – Police in South Sudan’s Unity State say they have arrested 60 street children in Bentiu and Rubkotna in the last week. Map of South Sudan’s Unity State.

JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudan rebels loyal to former vice president Riek Machar have captured some oil wells in Unity state where production was shut down earlier this week due to fighting ...

(CN) – For four months late last year in the so-called Unity State in South Sudan, soldiers raped women and girls more than daily, overwhelmingly in gangs. Some of the victims were children. No areas ...

The setting up of a unity government in South Sudan is expected to be further delayed ... which was based on a 10-state model. Machar has since said that he will not agree to a new government ...

Famine has been declared in two counties of South Sudan, according to an announcement ... More than 100,000 people in two counties of Unity state are experiencing famine and there are fears ...

South Sudan's Deputy Defence Minister, Majak D'Agoot, told the BBC it was triggered after "a problem occurred" between police from Unity and police from neighbouring Warab state. "Each side ...

South Sudan will restart crude oil production from oilfields in the Unity state within two months, which could potentially derail OPEC and non-cartel producers’ deal to curtail global supply in ...