This is what ethnic cleansing looks like. Entire populations of specific tribes are being forced out of areas in South Sudan. Malakal town was a mixture of tribes. Government and opposition forces ...

Most of South Sudan’s tribes are of African heritage and the majority of them are Christian, whereas their northern counterparts in Sudan are of Arab origin and mainly Muslim. Before ...

JUDY WOODRUFF: This week, we have reported on the civil war in South Sudan and the famine it has partly caused. Tonight, a brutal, often unseen side of this conflict: an epidemic of rape, used as ...

South Sudan peace talks? They are nomadic Muslims ... women and children comprise 10 distinct tribes with different dialects, but Arabic is their shared language. They claim to have at least ...

and most violent state in South Sudan. Its young men are unemployed, heavily armed, and deeply suspicious of other tribes. "If Murle stop raiding our cattle, we'll stop raiding theirs," Toonya says.

Political strife between Kiir and Machar dates back to pre-South Sudan independence in 2011 and comes from two main conflicting tribes in South Sudan, Kiir from the Dinka and Machar from the Nuer.

In the fog of war, thousands of AK-47’s have fallen into the hands of South Sudan’s warring ethnic tribes. Deadly flashpoints of violence over cattle, land, and water erupt without warning.

South Sudan appealed for international aid for a ... Ethnic tensions in Jonglei state have flared as tribes fight over grazing lands and water rights, leading to cattle raids and abduction of ...

“I look at South Sudan with optimism,” Bishop Christian ... taken refuge in nearby areas predominately represented by other tribes. Environmental issues are also a factor, he said, as is ...

“You can speak about your tribe, but it has to be an expression that unites us with the other tribes,” Abe said. He said when South Sudan was still part of Sudan, tribal identity hadn’t ...