“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 ...

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.

“It’s a joke if South Sudan says they will have a December 2024 election ... The peace agreement envisioned the creation of a unified army of recruits from all tribes. Despite training more than ...

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 ...

who research suggests were either the Shulk tribes of South Sudan or a branch of the Barnu dynasty that ruled in west Sudan all the way to Niger. It is said that the rulers of the Sultanate of ...

tribes, nations." A picture of Pope Francis is seen in the crowd as the pope attends a welcoming ceremony at the international airport in Juba, South Sudan, Feb. 3. (CNS/Paul Haring) As South ...

Rubio attributed the change to "the failure of South Sudan's transitional government to accept the return of its repatriated citizens in a timely manner," according to a statement posted on X.

The United States once cheered the creation of South Sudan as an independent nation. Now the U.S. is being asked to explain why it appears to be deporting migrants from as far away as Vietnam to a ...

With a community of nearly 80,000 people, Maiwut sits at the border of Ethiopia and South Sudan and in the middle of dry land ... in Maiwut following intense inter-communal violence between tribes.

Presbyterians are majority Nuba also, with 20 percent originally from South Sudan and another 20 percent from the various tribes. I am of Egyptian descent—others are from Darfur or the Arab north.

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.