South Sudan

South Sudan warns it may shut down oil flow again

3 days ago

While speaking at a police graduation ceremony in Juba on Monday, South Sudan President Salva Kiir warned there could be oil shutdown like the one that ended nearly two months ago.

51 die in 2 South Sudan clashes; army retakes town

5 days ago

South Sudan accuses Sudan of supporting Yau Yau's rebellion in order to block South Sudan's plans to build an oil pipeline through Jonglei state and Ethiopia.

S. Sudan: Doctors Without Borders hospital ruined

8 days ago

The medical aid group Doctors Without Borders says one of its medical facilities located in a rural but violent region of South Sudan has been ransacked and destroyed.

Official: 11 Sudan traders killed in South Sudan

22 days ago

The incident happened nearly two weeks after South Sudan and Sudan agreed to open 10 crossing points along their border to boost the movement of goods and people between the two countries.

More than 60 wounded in fighting in South Sudan

67 days ago

The International Committee of the Red Cross says more than 60 people have been wounded in fighting between South Sudan's army and a rebel group.

"Lost Boy" finds new home and life-saving mission

70 days ago

That was in 1989, when he left his family, as did thousands of other boys, to escape a brutal civil war that ravaged southern Sudan from 1983 to 2005.

African Union: South Sudan to restart pumping oil

74 days ago

The African Union says South Sudan will restart pumping oil in two weeks and will export as soon as it's technically possible.

Half of girls in South Sudan forced to marry

78 days ago

Early marriages also will prevent South Sudan from achieving the goal of having women hold 25 percent of government jobs, said Lorna James Elia of the local Voices for Change advocacy group.

Violence in South Sudan kills 33

80 days ago

Philip Aguer said Wednesday that South Sudan troops killed 28 fighters led by the rebel leader David Yau Yau in the restive state of Jonglei.

Sudan: Clashes with army in south kill 60 rebels

95 days ago

"He told the official Sudan News Agency on Tuesday that some rebels retreated and crossed the border into South Sudan.

UN warns risk of hepatitis E in S. Sudan grows

99 days ago

He says the largest number of cases and suspected cases is in the Yusuf Batil camp in Upper Nile state, which houses 37,229 refugees fleeing fighting between rebels and the Sudanese government.

4 civilians in S. Sudan die after rebel-army clash

117 days ago

Officials in South Sudan say a tension-filled showdown in the middle of a market town between rebels and South Sudan's military led to the deaths of four civilians.

Officials: S. Sudan, Sudan fail to agree in talks

126 days ago

South Sudan broke away from Sudan in 2011 after an independence vote under a 2005 peace treaty that ended decades of war, but disputes remain over their common border and sharing of oil revenues.

Civil war still rages in Nuba Mountains, thwarting Sudan, South Sudan peace

138 days ago

The United States, South Sudan's most important ally, has pressured South Sudan for more than a year to cut military ties to the Nuba Mountains rebels, fearing more instability in the region.

Sudan, South Sudan agree to implement oil deal

139 days ago

South Sudan chief negotiator Pagan Amum on Friday said that in case of disagreements over the recommendation of the mediators, his country is proposing to go to binding international arbitration.

S. Sudan proposes binding arbitration with Sudan

141 days ago

A South Sudan official says the country's president is going to propose the use of binding international arbitration to resolve a border dispute with Sudan.

S Sudan: Hundreds of civilians shelter with UN

157 days ago

The U.N. mission in South Sudan says it is sheltering hundreds of civilians following an outbreak of violence.

Sudan-South Sudan oil talks break without progress

158 days ago

Officials have failed to make progress in talks that would see South Sudan resume its oil exports through Sudan.

Sudan, South Sudan again meet for talks on oil

159 days ago

In September, leaders of the two countries agreed to deals on economic and security arrangements that would allow South Sudan to export oil through Sudan.

US envoy: Sudan demands block S. Sudan peace deal

162 days ago

The U.S. special envoy to the Sudan region says new security demands raised by Sudan are blocking the implementation of a peace and security deal with South Sudan.

South Sudan army blamed in deaths of 23 civilians

165 days ago

South Sudan soldiers are being blamed in the deaths of up to 23 civilians in two separate regions in the world's newest country.

Sudan: Group says images show burned villages

176 days ago

When South Sudan peacefully broke away from Sudan last year, the rebels were placed in the Sudan half of the partition.

Sudan: South to blame for oil shipment delays

179 days ago

The deputy speaker of the Sudanese parliament said Tuesday that Sudan will not allow southern oil to flow through its territory until South Sudan "disengages" from rebels near the border.