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

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

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 ...

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

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

A prominent South Sudanese opposition lawmaker, Gatwech Lam Puoch, was arrested in the capital, Juba, on Tuesday afternoon, ...

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

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

Uganda has deployed troops in Juba, South Sudan, amid rising tensions between President Salva Kiir and Vice President Riek ...

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.

The US is evacuating non-emergency personnel from oil-rich South Sudan amid concerns that Africa’s youngest nation is again ...

South Sudanese forces have arrested the petroleum minister and several senior military officials allied with First Vice ...