Nuer people
South Sudan Cancels Independence Day Events
South Sudan, the world's youngest nation gripped by civil war, has cancelled its official independence day celebrations...
War Leaves No Winners, Only Rubble In S.Sudan Oil Town
What was once Bentiu, the gateway to South Sudan's oil fields, is now a cluster of bullet-riddled buildings and piles...
Set Adrift In South Sudan’s War, A Family Is Reunited
Their hug is long and moving but awkward as Jorgina, sobbing, strains to embrace her teenage son Emmanuel who has grown...
Kiir Opens S.Sudan Dialogue With Unilateral Ceasefire
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir declared a unilateral ceasefire Monday as he launched a national dialogue, a...
Sacked South Sudan Army Chief Returns To Juba
Sacked South Sudanese army chief Paul Malong, returned to the capital Juba on Saturday claiming he had been asked to...
South Sudan President Sacks Controversial Army Chief
South Sudan President Salva Kiir sacked his powerful, hardline army chief Paul Malong on Tuesday, a government...
UK Says South Sudan Violence Amounts To ‘genocide’
Targeted killings of specific ethnic groups in South Sudan's civil war amount to "genocide", according to Britain's...
Deadly Fighting Erupts In South Sudan’s Second City
Deadly fighting erupted, with civilians killed along ethnic lines and thousands displaced in clashes Monday between...
South Sudan Rebel Group Accuses Government Forces of Killing Aid Workers
South Sudanese rebel group Sudan People’s Liberation Movement In-Opposition (SPLM-IO) led by former Vice President...
Fresh Defections Hit South Sudan Rebel Movement
South Sudan's rebel movement (SPLA-OI) led by former South Sudanese Vice President Riek Machar suffered another blow...
S.Sudan Students Miss Final Exams Over Security Fears
Hundreds of uprooted South Sudanese students missed taking school-leaving exams this week after refusing a government...
Famine-Hit South Sudanese Eat Water Lilies To Survive
Thousands of people at the epicentre of a man-made famine in South Sudan emerged from the safety of the swamps this...
Hiding In Swamps, S.Sudanese Eat Little More Than Lilies
Thousands of people at the epicentre of a man-made famine in South Sudan emerged from the safety of the swamps this...
Five Things To Know
South Sudan, where the government on Monday declared famine in some parts of the country, is mired in an economic...
S. Sudan Minister Quits, Rejoins Machar’s Rebels
South Sudan's labour minister resigned Friday and declared allegiance to rebel leader Riek Machar, making him the...
South Sudan Minister Defects To Rebels
South Sudan's three-year old civil war has displaced more than 3.5 million people A South Sudanese minister has...
US Wants UN To Backlist South Sudan’s Machar, Malong
The United States proposed on Friday that the United Nations Security Council blacklist South Sudan opposition figure...
Peace Eludes The Worlds Newest Nation
On the eve of the fifth anniversary of South Sudan’s independence on 9 July, sporadic gunfire rent the air in Juba,...
11 Football Fans Killed, 16 Injured In South Sudan Shooting
At least 11 people are dead and 16 others have been injured after an attack on football fans in South Sudan, local...