South Sudan

Since his arrest seven days ago, Peter Biar Ajak has not received formal charges or any answer as to why he is being detained by South Sudan officials.

Peter Biar Ajak has been detained because he's a threat to South Sudan's corrupt regime, his friends and family say.

Previous agreements have failed to bring permanent peace in the world’s youngest country.

The conflict has displaced around 4 million people.

Around 535 million children—a quarter of the world’s child population—live in fragile states, affected by natural disasters, epidemics and other emergencies. 

The State Department has classified these 11 nations as "Do not travel."

Washington has failed to take meaningful steps to help end the conflict in the world’s youngest country. That must change.

Lawrence Lual Malong Yor Jr. is a controversial figure whose stepfather is accused of orchestrating massive violence in a brutal civil war.

The U.S. backed the country in its independence struggle. Now, it is needed again.

“The people have nothing here. This is the worst place I’ve ever seen in my life.”

A U.S. intelligence agent is assisting with the prosecution of suspects accused of killing a South Sudanese aid worker and raping his foreign colleagues.

The pope had wanted to visit the war-torn country, but ongoing violence between the two main ethnic groups proved too dangerous.

Soldiers killed 114 civilians, raped countless women and attacked funerals in a recent offensive, according to a U.N. report.

Almost half the population face food shortages and 100,000 people are at risk of immediate starvation in South Sudan.

At least 82 aid workers have been killed since 2013 in South Sudan, the U.N. says.

Famine is the latest of many man-made predicaments to hit South Sudanese civilians.

The U.N. made a formal declaration of famine in parts of South Sudan, which has been mired in civil war since 2013.

As the Trump administration hashes out its new foreign policy, some fear the country’s child soldiers are running out of time.

Some 16 million people in the region are in urgent need of food, water and healthcare.

Foreign aid workers will have to pay $10,000 for permits.

The silence of political leaders about the plight of their citizens is deafening, a U.N. official writes for Newsweek.

Nearly half the population will not have a reliable food source by summer.

Civil war and famine are raging in the world’s youngest country.

Civil war has engulfed South Sudan since December 2013, leaving millions without food.

UNHCR said that 1.5 million refugees have now fled South Sudan.

The U.N. has warned of possible genocide in South Sudan.

Choosing a new leader and preventing genocide are just a couple of the AU’s priorities.

Western countries should follow the example of Uganda, an aid agency has said.

The Security Council has failed to impose an arms embargo on the conflict-hit state.

Political change, separatist insurgencies and a possible genocide project a tough year for the continent.