The Latest Breaking News from South Sudan

The South Sudan opposition said one of its army bases near the capital Juba was bombarded late Monday as Washington warned it was "deeply concerned" by escalating violence between the rival factions.

The top U.N. official in South Sudan is warning that the country is teetering on the edge of renewed civil war

The German government is temporarily closing its embassy in South Sudan

A rise in political tensions in South Sudan and an escalation of violence in the Upper Nile State have raised fears of a return to civil war in the world’s youngest nation. In early March 2025, neighbouring Uganda sent troops to South Sudan on the request of the government, and…

Sexual assault is a constant risk for many women in South Sudan

The charity says the situation has worsened with the arrival of refugees from South Sudan, where thousands are infected.

Ugandan special forces have been deployed to South Sudan's capital Juba, the Ugandan army chief said Tuesday, after rising tensions threatened a fragile peace agreement between President Salva Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar.

Tension mounts in South Sudan as power deal between President Salva Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar unravels.

Uganda has deployed an unknown number of troops to South Sudan in a bid to protect the fragile government of President Salva Kiir as a tense rivalry with his deputy threatens a return to civil war in the east African nation

Athiak Dau Riak was traditionally married for a record bride price last year, despite her mother’s insistence that she was only 14, leading to threats of reprisals

The U.S. State Department has ordered nonemergency government personnel to leave South Sudan’s capital as tension escalates because of fighting in the north