Salva Kiir

Kerry met with East African ministers on Monday to discuss possible solutions to the conflict.

Stories of rape and sexual assault by the army have been common during the country's on-off civil war.

Some 16,000 children have been recruited to fight in South Sudan since December 2013.

The former rebel leader fled South Sudan after a fresh outbreak of fighting.

The government wants an independent African force to calm tensions in the capital Juba.

Rebel leader Riek Machar has still not returned to Juba after clashes in July.

The world's youngest country needs outside intervention to avoid all-out war.

At least 120 cases of sexual violence and rape have been reported in the last three weeks.

The country has a new vice-president, and rebel leader Riek Machar isn't happy.

Taban Deng Gai says he will take up Machar's role until the rebel leader returns to Juba.

Fresh violence in the capital Juba has called the country's fragile future into question.

Hundreds have been killed after renewed fighting in the capital Juba.

Clashes in capital as vice president claims his residence was attacked by president's troops.

South Sudan's capital is hosting its first-ever film festival and the punters love it.

Conflict, poverty and hunger continue to blight the world's youngest country.

The country's political leaders have failed to take responsibility for a civil war that has displaced 2 million.

Ex-rebel leader Riek Machar was sworn in as vice president in April, but fighting continues.

South Sudan has one of the worst maternal mortality rates, and midwives are struggling to cope.

The world's youngest country has had a short but fraught history.

Up to 5.3 million people will go hungry in summer 2016 in the world's youngest country.

The rebel leader's return to the capital was delayed for more than a week due to a wrangle over weapons.

One week after he was due in Juba, the rebel leader is still nowhere to be seen.

More than 100 children were abducted from Ethiopia's Gambella region earlier this month.

Riek Machar was supposed to arrive in Juba on Monday, but a dispute over weapons has slowed him down.

Machar is due to return to the capital Juba on Monday after two years of civil war.

Gunmen also abducted more than 100 children in cross-border raids into Ethiopia.

Civil war has killed tens of thousands and displaced two million in South Sudan.

A 360 degree video shows how the two-year civil war has left 2.8 million people hungry.

Sudan accuses South Sudan of backing a rebellion in Darfur that has killed 400,000 people.

The report alleges that government forces are permitted to rape women in lieu of wages.