Being a member of the Dinga tribe, the ruling tribe in South Sudan, also presents obstacles. With more than 60 tribes in the country, young male teenagers are often targeted by other tribes for ...

I am deeply saddened by what is happening in Nasir, in the Upper Nile area of South Sudan. It does not align with the long ...

South Sudan’s president, Salva Kiir, this week ordered a series of high-level arrests and dismissals of political and army figures as tensions between him and Vice President Riek Machar – a main ...

This month, a United Nations helicopter was attacked during an evacuation mission in a remote area in South Sudan, with one member of its crew killed and two others seriously injured. The flight ...

South Sudan is "unique", Deng told the BBC's Kelvin Kamathi, because many of its 64 tribes are "very lanky, tall, very athletic". The Dinka tribe is known as the tallest in Africa. "Genetically ...

The United States ordered the immediate departure of non-emergency personnel from the capital of South Sudan, citing an increase in crime, kidnapping and armed conflict, the Department of State ...

Residents of Juba, the capital of South Sudan, are familiar with violence. When civil war erupted in 2013, two years after independence from Sudan, the city was the scene of ethnic massacres and ...

also used by South Sudan to export oil, shortly after the signing of a power-sharing deal between Sudan’s military and civilian groups. The Beni Amer and Nuba tribes have also clashed in the past.

South Sudan's government has denied earlier reports that Uganda had deployed special forces to its capital, Juba. Uganda's military chief Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba said the soldiers had gone to the ...

FILE - South Sudan's President Salva Kiir, right, and Vice President Riek Machar, left, attend a Holy Mass led by Pope Francis at the John Garang Mausoleum in Juba, South Sudan Sunday, Feb. 5 ...

The UN was transporting wounded troops from the conflict zone (file photo) Several people have died in South Sudan after an attempt by the UN to evacuate members of the national army came under ...