Reinforcements are sent to the town of Bor, a strategic staging post on the way to the capital, Juba.

JUBA, Jan 19 - South Sudan's main opposition faction called on its forces on Monday to advance on the capital Juba after they ...

South Sudan gained independence from Sudan in 2011 but descended into civil war in 2013, largely fueled by a power struggle ...

Reports from Southern Sudan’s capital, Juba, are that preparations are already well under way for festivities planned for July 9 to celebrate the independence of Africa’s newest nation. (Five months ...

UAE rivalry intensifies, cargo plane connected to Mohammed bin Zayed conducts multiple flights across Middle East, Horn of Africa, and beyond ...

After agreeing to accept deportees from the United States last year, South Sudan sent a list of requests to Washington that ...

Recent battlefield gains by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) may turn the tide in Kordofan, analysts have told Al Jazeera. Sudan’s devastating war between the SAF and the paramilitary Rapid Support ...

Heglig is Sudan’s largest oilfield and also the main processing facility for neighbouring South Sudan [File: Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/Reuters] South Sudan’s military has moved into the Heglig ...