South Sudan conflict Stories

Amid cabinet reshuffles, arrests of senior officials in Juba, and a resurgence of militia activity in Upper Nile State, the risk of a renewed civil wa...

Domestic factors within Sudan were the primary triggers for the outbreak of the civil war.

The conflict has also forced at least 16.5 million young people out of school, further endangering their future.

IGAD’s Executive Secretary Dr Workneh Gebeyehu said the authority’s Ceasefire and Transitional Security Arrangements Monitoring and Verification will...

Tensions have been growing in recent days in South Sudan after Kiir's government detained two ministers and several senior military officials allied w...

The opposition faction has condemned the move, calling it a violation of the 2018 Revitalized Peace Agreement and a threat to ongoing peace efforts.

A wholesale buyer, based outside Sudan, told Reuters the gum was now being exported through Mombasa in Kenya and South Sudan's capital Juba.

The move has sparked a diplomatic firestorm, with key international players—including the United Nations, the United States, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egyp...

Gachagua also rebuked Ruto for hosting RSF leaders in Nairobi, saying the move has tarnished Kenya's reputation on the global stage.

Attempts at peace talks in the conflict have stalled and both sides have continued to draw on their foreign backers for arms.

Factions allied with the Sudanese army have dismissed the talks, arguing that they lacked inclusivity and fairness.

According to the text of the charter, the signatories agreed that Sudan should be a "secular, democratic, non-centralised state" with a single nationa...

Port Sudan maintains that Kenya is overstepping diplomatic boundaries by facilitating discussions that seek to create an alternative power centre outs...

The planned announcement from Nairobi, framed as the "Political Charter for the Government of Peace and Unity," is being positioned as an effort to "r...

Medical aid agency MSF has confirmed seven deaths from the violence, while residents say dozens may have been killed.

IGAD Executive Secretary Workneh Gebeyehu acknowledged that previous aid commitments had helped alleviate suffering but insisted that more needed to b...

Since the war began, over nine million people have been displaced within Sudan, including 266,000 refugees forced to flee multiple times.

Owinow, nominated by the Kenyan government, replaces Major General (Rtd) Charles Tai Gituai, who has held the role since August 2020.

The incidents included airstrikes, drone assaults, artillery shelling, armed clashes, child kidnappings, killings, and sexual violence.