The top U.N. official in South Sudan is warning that the country is teetering on the edge of renewed civil war ...

Traditional authorities in Abyei, a disputed region between Sudan and South Sudan, have rejected pressure to join the ongoing ...

NAIROBI - An airstrike by South Sudan's airforce killed at least 19 people in the country's east ... civil war against the predominantly ethnic Dinka troops loyal to President Salva Kiir.

Airstrike Kills at Least 19 in South Sudan Town, Residents Say NAIROBI (Reuters) - An airstrike by South Sudan's airforce killed at least 19 people in ... ethnic Dinka troops loyal to President ...

Clashes are frequently characterized by interethnic violence, particularly between Mr. Kiir’s Dinka and Mr. Machar ... But he misjudged the power of his people and the willingness of his ...

The party denies the allegations. The fighting around Nasir has already displaced 50,000 people since late February, according to the United Nations which warned this week that the country was "on ...

The fighting around Nasir in Upper Nile state has displaced 50,000 people since late February, of which 10,000 have fled to Ethiopia, according to Anita Kiki Gbeho, the United Nations Humanitarian ...

The militants are said to mostly be from Machar's Nuer ethnic group, while Kiir is an ethnic Dinka. Machar's party ... Sudan's army killed at least 19 people in Nasir, Reuters news agency reported.