South Sudan war

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

South Sudan's crisis is getting worse, and international bodies are standing idly by.

European and Middle Eastern firms use African middlemen to sell arms to the war-torn state.

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