FILE - South Sudan's President Salva Kiir Mayardit, silhouetted, gives an address during the launch of high-level peace talks for South Sudan at State House in Nairobi, Kenya, on Thursday ...

GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is alarmed by the recent surge of people arriving in South Sudan in need of protection and assistance, with tens of thousands of people fleeing fresh violence in ...

GENEVA – Over 20 months in, the war in Sudan shows no sign of slowing down and, in fact, continues to escalate. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, warns that the recent surge in arrivals in South Sudan is ...

People gather along a flooded area in Jonglei state, South Sudan AYOD: Long-horned cattle wade through flooded lands and climb a slope along a canal that has become a refuge for displaced families ...

Violence in Sudan has driven over 80,000 people into South Sudan in less than three weeks, according to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR). Refugees and returnees, mainly women and children ...

South Sudan's government and opposition groups who did not sign the 2018 Revitalised Agreement are among the negotiating parties attending the talks in Nairobi. The 2018 agreement was introduced ...

The Department of Foreign Affairs strongly advises against all travel to South Sudan, including the capital Juba. If you have no pressing need to remain, we recommend that you leave if it is safe to ...

South Sudan President Salva Kiir has removed army chief Gen Santino Deng Wol and the Governor of Bank of South Sudan Alic Garang from office. The latest purge has targeted security and economy ...

Aid workers in South Sudan warned Friday that a cholera outbreak was "rapidly escalating" in the far north of the young nation where chronic violence has displaced thousands. At least 737 cases ...

South Sudan, December 10, 2024 - A new South Sudan Poverty and Equity Assessment (PEA) Report, released today by the World Bank, indicates that poverty is endemic, and vulnerability is almost ...

Arbitrary arrests and ensuing detention of civilians remain a serious human rights concern in South Sudan, according to a joint report by the UN Human Rights Office and the United Nations ...

December 9, 2024 (JUBA) – Sudan and South Sudan have agreed to extend an aid corridor allowing humanitarian assistance to flow from Juba to Sudan’s South Kordofan state, beset by conflict and ...