South Sudan famine

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.

The rest of the 4,000-strong contingent is expected in the country later this year.

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.

Residents of the town reported that militias aligned with the government "went from house to house" looking for people from the Lou and Fertit ethnic groups.

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.

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.

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

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

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