A bloc of East African nations on Wednesday called for South Sudan's government to release detained officials and lift ...

Uganda has deployed an unknown number of troops to South Sudan in a bid to protect the fragile government of President Salva ...

Uganda has deployed special forces in South Sudan's capital Juba to "secure it", Uganda's military chief said on Tuesday, but ...

South Sudan's government has denied earlier reports that Uganda had deployed special forces to its capital, Juba. Uganda's ...

The United States has ordered all its non-emergency staff in South Sudan to leave, amid rising tensions in the country.

The U.S. State Department has ordered nonemergency government personnel to leave South Sudan’s capital as tension escalates ...

The travel advisory level for South Sudan remains at Level 4, which means Americans should not travel to the African country.

South Sudan's security situation is volatile as civil war-time leadership divisions deepen. The UN has expressed concerned, regional mediators are scrambling, and a US evacuation is underway.

South Sudan's main opposition party, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army-In Opposition (SPLM/A-IO) led by First ...

South Sudan’s unity government, led by President Salva Kiir with former rebel leader, Riek Machar as First Vice President, is facing mounting tensions, and clashes between forces allied to the ...