Juba: South Sudan peace monitors on Sunday called for speedy investigations into the violence in Upper Nile State and the attack on a UN helicopter

An internal political crisis in South Sudan continues to escalate. Three leading politicians from the SPLM-IO, which is part of the unity government, have been arrested, as confirmed by a spokesperson for the party.

Catherine Bashiama runs her fingers along the branches of the coffee tree she's raised from a seedling, searching anxiously for its first fruit buds since she planted it three years ago. When she grasps the small cherries,

South Sudan’s ruling coalition had been a loose arrangement meant to patch up peace in

The study, published in the journal BMJ Global Health in January, assessed cholera elimination attempts in the World Health Organization’s African region between 2018 and 2022. Since 2021, the region has faced “an acute upsurge” in cholera, the authors write.

JUBA | Xinhua | Diplomats from the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), an East African bloc, on Wednesday expressed deep concern about the ongoing armed violence in Nasir County in South Sudan’s Upper Nile State.

Sudanese refugees do laundry at the Gorom refugee settlement on the outskirts of Juba, South Sudan, Feb. 27, 2025. The Gorom refugee settlement currently hosts approximately 16,000 refugees, primarily from Sudan, with some from Ethiopia and Burundi. The number of Sudanese refugees in Gorom continues to rise. (Xinhua/Wang Guansen)

Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have signed a charter paving the way for a parallel government with its allies, including a former foe who

The grassroots effort was feeding civilians, but 500 soup kitchens shut down when aid ceased, an activist writes.