Yesterday, March 26, Vice President Riek Machar was placed under house arrest, further escalating the renewed clashes between him and President Salva Kiir (see Fides, 5/3/2025).According to his party, ...

The Council of Evangelical Churches of South Sudan on Tuesday called for immediate de-escalation of tension and dialogue amidst violence in the country.

Amid testimonies of “rising tension” in South Sudan and reports of the arrest of the first Vice President, Dr. Riek Machar, a ...

South Sudan's opposition said on Thursday the arrest overnight of First Vice President Riek Machar, long-time rival to ...

A 28-year-old mother of four who was gang-raped by armed men while collecting firewood, enters a makeshift house in Juba displacement camp, South Sudan, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian ...

(AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki, file) Children sit and play on the remains of a tank, at the river port in Renk, South Sudan on May 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick, file) Germany’s Foreign Minister Annalena ...

Germany has announced the temporary closure of its embassy in South Sudan, citing escalating tensions and the risk of a return to civil war in the country. In a statement posted on the social ...

BERLIN, March 22 (Reuters) - Germany has temporarily closed its embassy in South Sudan's capital Juba because of rising tensions that have brought the East African country to the verge of civil ...

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—Another conflict is looming in the world's youngest country, South Sudan, which gained independence from Sudan in 2011 and saw civil war erupt shortly after its foundation.

As part of the nominations process for the next Archbishop of Canterbury, the Church of England has launched a public consultation inviting input from around the Anglican Communion. The Anglican ...

BERLIN (AP) — The German government said Saturday that it is temporarily closing its embassy in South Sudan. “After years of fragile peace, South Sudan is once again on the brink of civil war,” German ...