Jany Deng was jumping in the air on a Wednesday in late June, elated beyond belief. Khaman Maluach had just been drafted by the Phoenix Suns, bringing the South Sudanese rookie to a community that ...

“Do you have a lot of freedom here that you didn’t have?” a woman asks, cluelessly, while floating in a public pool in Pittsburgh. With her are Panther Bior and Daniel Abol Pach, refugees since ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Since 1985, Habitat for Humanity Buffalo has helped restore more than 380 houses for families to call home.

Despite its title, "God Grew Tired of Us: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan" is no Sally Struthers-worthy sob story. The documentary trades in hope and humor, rather than despair. Directors ...

NEWTOWN -- In the late 1980s, war struck the Sudan and tore young boys from their families. Starvation, dehydration, blistering heat, and a journey of 1,000 miles and more bonded the boys like family.

HORSHAM — Thomas Gai arrived in the Bucks County area from South Sudan with his parents and two younger sisters at the age of 8 in December 2017. He is grateful to be enjoying life in this country.

GLENDALE, Ariz. - Tut Gatyiel didn't have a choice when he fled his home in Southern Sudan as a boy because of civil war. He had no choice but to walk 1,000 perilous miles through the desert for three ...

John Dau watched from afar as war in South Sudan destroyed nearly all he had worked to build. His dream of peace remains a distant prospect and the clinic he spent years creating was looted, leaving ...

Angelo Mangar Maker, one of the Lost Boys of Sudan, has found a wife and a mission. After gunmen attacked his village in 1987, Maker joined thousands of other children who braved hunger, heat, lions ...