JASON STRAZIUSO, Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The use of child soldiers — teenage boys dressed in military uniforms and carrying assault rifles — is...
JASON STRAZIUSO, Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The U.N. Security Council could impose sanctions on leaders in South Sudan if gross violations of human rights...
EDGARTOWN, Mass. (AP) — The United States is providing $180 million in emergency aid to address a food crisis in South Sudan. White House National Security Adviser Susan...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – South Sudan, the world’s youngest country, is dangerously close to famine as a result of food...
JASON STRAZIUSO, Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — South Sudan government negotiators and rebel representatives met Monday for a fifth round of peace talks since fighting...
(Bloomberg) – East African nations threatened to impose sanctions on South Sudan’s warring sides unless they resolve their differences peacefully and end “flagrant violations” of three agreements...
JASON STRAZIUSO, Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — New fighting broke out in South Sudan on Sunday less than 48 hours after the country’s president and...
LARA JAKES, AP National Security Writer JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Confronting global fears of genocide, South Sudan’s president tentatively agreed Friday to revitalize peace talks...
JASON STRAZIUSO, Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — More than 1 million people in South Sudan have fled their homes at a crucial time of...
LARA JAKES, AP National Security Writer ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry is bringing his two main tools of diplomacy — peace...
JASON STRAZIUSO, Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The rainy season is about to start in South Sudan, but war in the world’s newest country has...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Peace talks between South Sudan’s two warring factions resumed in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa on Tuesday, as the United...
ILYA GRIDNEFF, Associated Press MALAKAL, South Sudan (AP) — House after house has been burned to the ground. Hospital patients have been shot by armed rebels...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Negotiators for two warring parties in South Sudan are scheduled to return to the negotiating table two weeks after agreeing to...
[AFP] Addis Ababa — Conflict in the Central African Republic and South Sudan dominated the agenda as Africa’s leaders met in Ethiopia Thursday for a two-day...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist The escalating crisis in the South Sudan, a country only constituted in 2011, has brought with it growing concerns...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Once again, another part of the world has been thrown into turmoil. This is happening more and more since...
(Reuters) – South Sudanese President Salva Kiir sacked his entire cabinet and his deputy president on Tuesday and suspended his top negotiator at talks to defuse...