South Sudan’s instability is usually explained through politics: weak institutions, competition over oil wealth, and ...

GENEVA, November 23 (UNHCR) - At more than 1.8 metres tall and always clad in something striking, Aguil de'Chut Deng stands out in a crowd. The ethnic Dinka made a big impression during UNHCR's annual ...

On March 1, insurgents in South Sudan razed a village, killing 169 people, including women, children, and elders. South Sudanese officials are calling the attack a ‘brutal massacre’ and warn that the ...

On Monday, the treason trial of First Vice President Riek Machar opened. It followed a bloody weekend in which at least 48 people were killed and more than 150 wounded in clashes between government ...

Members of the White Army, a South Sudanese anti-government militia, attend a rally in Nasir on April 14, 2014. [AFP] The UN issued warnings of potential mass violence between the South Sudanese ...