South Sudan News News South Sudan » People: South Sudan at risk of return to war, UN investigators warn
South Sudan faces a renewed slide into full-scale conflict unless urgent international action is taken, the UN-appointed independent investigative body examining human rights there warned on Wednesday ...
News South Sudan » People: South Sudan frees child soldiers, pledges education over army
South Sudan’s efforts to end the recruitment of child soldiers appear to be paying off. According to the UN, some children have just been released by the South Sudan People's Defence Forces and are ...
News South Sudan » People: UN commission alerts to looming war in South Sudan
UN Commission on the Human Rights in South Sudan members on Wednesday voiced concern over the growing risk of nation-wide conflict returning to South Sudan. The commission pointed to increasing ...
News South Sudan » People: WHO confirms militia attack on hospital that killed 460 people in Sudan's Darfur region
The World Health Organization says the attack this week involved gunmen striking in several waves, abducting doctors and nurses, gunning down staff, patients and people sheltering there.
News South Sudan » People: Fear of security agents silences voices in South Sudan, lawyer says
A prominent South Sudanese lawyer accused security forces on Tuesday of suppressing free speech through intimidation and arbitrary arrests, saying fear of the agencies has silenced many citizens.
News South Sudan » People: ‘A true genocide’: RSF kills ‘at least 1,500 people’ in Sudan’s el-Fasher
Sudan medics say scores killed in recent days as new evidence points to mass atrocities by paramilitary forces.
News South Sudan » People: Sudan’s Civil War: The Brutal Conflict Explained After Darfur Falls to RSF
Newsweek takes a deeper look at the more than two-year Sudan war, a conflict that the UN has called one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.
News South Sudan » People: Sudan Is Being Ravaged by a Civil War the World Has Overlooked
A long-simmering dispute between Sudan’s army and a paramilitary group exploded into a full-blown civil war in April 2023. The following year, the US estimated that at least 150,000 people may have ...
News South Sudan » People: Why Riek Machar’s trial brings ‘existentially high’ stakes for South Sudan
In the 1980s, before the country gained independence from Sudan, Machar was a senior commander in the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A), a rebel movement led by the charismatic ...
News South Sudan » People: Sudan’s North Kordofan ‘deteriorating’ under RSF as thousands flee
Civilians in Bara locality face ‘continued violations’ at the hands of the RSF, the Sudan Doctors Network says.
News South Sudan » People: ‘We must bring peace,’ Baptist pastor declares as Sudan civil war intensifies
Thousands of civilians are trapped and untold numbers dead after Sudanese Rapid Defense Forces (RDF) captured the capital city of El Fasher, North Darfur, Oct. 26 ...
News South Sudan » People: South Sudan: No end in sight - floods in Greater Pibor already displaced over 43000 people
Considered by many in the community to be among the worst floods in recent memory, the disaster has affected over 43,000 people taking with it homes, livelihoods and critical infrastructure.