A divided U.N. Security Council voted Friday to extend an arms embargo on South Sudan, where escalating political tensions ...

As President Kiir’s control over key political figures slowly weakens, the government’s position looks increasingly fragile. South Sudan has faced a fiscal crisis since 2024 when fighting in ...

Rising tensions in the east African country of South Sudan, culminating in the 26 March ... are still lots of militias aligned to different political groups. The deal also outlined the ...

(Johannesburg) – South Sudanese ... head of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army in Opposition (SPLA-IO). The timing of these detentions coincides with a political crisis in Nasir, Upper Nile ...

Fears of Civil War in South Sudan Stem From Political Rivalry Between the President and His Deputy KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Tensions are rising in the oil-rich east African nation of South Sudan ...

A rise in political tensions in South Sudan and an escalation of violence in the Upper Nile State have raised fears of a return to civil war in the world's youngest nation. In early March 2025 ...

Ayuen Samuel, who manages the old shipyard in Juba, South Sudan’s capital ... in what is now Sudan (see map). Few roads were ever built in southern Sudan, as the marginalised province was ...

The U.S. Embassy and other diplomatic missions in the country said in a statement Friday that the political and security situation in South Sudan has “markedly worsened” in recent days.

The Trump administration has sent about a dozen migrants to South Sudan, according to lawyers representing some of the detainees. Court filings on May 20 said about 12 people were en route to the ...

Riek Machar (L) and Salva Kiir (R) - seen here together in 2020 - had been allies within the SPLM before falling out Rising tensions in the east African country of South Sudan, culminating in the ...

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Tensions are rising in the oil-rich east African nation of South Sudan after Riek Machar ... the army's deputy chief. Machar's political group said Thursday that a ...