The United Nations' World Food Programme has conducted humanitarian airdrops in South Sudan as the country faces surging ...

SUDAN, going through a civil war, is experiencing a large influx of people fleeing instability in South Sudan. Since April, more than 159 000 people have entered Sudan from the southern neighbour.

On July 9, 2011, the Republic of South Sudan declared its independence from Sudan and became Africa's 54th nation.

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has fired the country's army chief after seven months in the post and named a replacement, ...

Fighting in South Sudan’s Upper Nile State is pushing people into famine, according to the United Nations food agency.