South Sudan's government has asked civilians to leave a northern area a day after the army conducted an airstrike against an ...

A rise in political tensions in South Sudan and an escalation of violence in the Upper Nile State have raised fears of a return to civil war in the world's youngest nation. In early March 2025, ...

The town of Nasir in Upper Nile State has been hit by a fresh wave of airstrikes as the South Sudan People’s Defence Forces ...

An airstrike struck the town of Nasir in South Sudan’s Upper Nile State late on Sunday, causing civilian casualties and fires ...

The recent conflict is rooted in repeated extensions of the transition timeframe and enduring political and security problems.Recent deadly clashes between South Sudan's government and opposition ...

SOUTH SUDAN’S government asked civilians to leave a northern area on Monday a day after the military bombed an armed group accused of overrunning a military base and attacking a United Nations ...

At least 50,000 people have been displaced in South Sudan since February as forces loyal to President Salva Kiir and First Vice President Riek Machar have clashed in the northwest, a UN agency said ...

An airstrike by South Sudan's airforce killed at least 19 people in the country's east, residents said, less than two weeks after government forces withdrew from the area following intense fighting ...

The group's attacks in Nasir County have threatened a peace deal signed in 2018 by President Salva Kiir and his rival-turned-vice president, Riek Machar, that ended a five-year civil war during ...

Nasir County Commissioner James Gatluak Lew, who is allied to Machar, said the South Sudanese armed forces were likely seeking revenge for the helicopter attack. Last week Uganda said it had ...

JUBA, South Sudan — South Sudan’s government on Monday asked civilians to leave a northern area a day after the army conducted an airstrike against an armed group accused of overrunning a ...