South Sudan, the world’s youngest country, fell into a bloody civil war soon after gaining independence in 2011, as forces aligned with Kiir, an ethnic Dinka, fought those loyal to Machar, an ...

South Sudan is in "alarming regression" as clashes in recent weeks in the northeast threaten to undo years of progress towards peace, the UN commission on human rights in the country warned on ...

The United Nations rights chief urged on Friday for warring sides in South Sudan to pull back from the brink, warning that the human rights situation risks further deterioration as fighting ...

Ghanaian peacekeepers at the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) have been commended for their lifesaving support to a man who was severely wounded during recent violent inter-communal clashes in ...

South Sudan President Salva Kiir, left, and Vice President Riek Machar shake hands after meetings in Juba, South Sudan, on Oct. 20, 2019, to discuss outstanding issues to a peace deal.

NAIROBI, March 8 (Reuters) - Increased violence and political friction in South Sudan threaten its fragile peace process, a United Nations rights body said on Saturday, days after the arrests of ...

UN envoy urges Security Council to try to prevent renewed civil war in South Sudan UN peacekeepers patrol the street in Juba, South Sudan on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025.

So do outsiders. “This region cannot take another war,” says Nicholas Haysom, head of the UN mission in South Sudan. Sadly, that does not mean it won’t get one.

South Sudan has been under a UN arms embargo since 2018. The restrictions prohibit weapons transfers and external military support to the country’s warring parties.

South Sudan's president Salva Kiir, left, and vice-president Riek Machar, right, shake hands after meetings in Juba, South Sudan, on Oct. 20, 2019, to discuss outstanding issues to the peace deal.

The country split into Sudan and South Sudan in 2011. Unrest continues in the region. About 300,000 people have fled fighting throughout Darfur in the first five months of this year, the U.N. has ...

Today, five UN missions – MINUSCA in the Central African Republic, MONUSCO in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, UNIFIL in Lebanon, UNISFA in the Abyei region, and UNMISS in South Sudan ...