Experts say more people are likely to turn to illegal poppy farming as pandemic and coup drag legal

World's youngest nation has to eliminate corruption and establish a transparent and open government,

World Food Program says 700,000 people this month will see rations drop to just half the recommended

Drivers want safety measures on roads before transporting much-needed goods

Ethiopia filled the reservoir for the first time in 2020, leading to a breakdown in talks; Egypt and

Children comprise more than 65 percent of the refugee population, including 66,000 children who have

A new UN report says South Sudanese political and military leaders supported well-armed militias tha

The UN released its South Sudan humanitarian response plan for 2021 Tuesday, with an urgent appeal f

Security Council votes unanimously to extend the almost 20,000-strong U.N. peacekeeping force

South Sudan's people are experiencing the worst violence since civil war broke out in December 2013

Sexual assaults are vastly underreported in the Horn of Africa country, and few perpetrators are pun

Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield says South Sudan's 2018 peace agreement remains fragile

UN investigators report more than 75% of the country currently is engulfed in brutal violence at the

Restrictions were implemented last month to control rising coronavirus infections

As of Sunday, the country registered 4,609 positive COVID-19 cases, 861 active cases, 66 deaths and

January report by UN secretary-general on children in armed conflict says grave violations against c

The leading teachers' association says the schools are not well prepared to follow health protocols

Three UN agencies are calling for immediate humanitarian access to parts of South Sudan where people

Program will reach up to 140,000 Afghan boys and girls, UNICEF official says

UN envoy for peacebuilding in region says Sudan is at critical point 

A weapons investigator with Amnesty International says South Sudan government forces are often the o

Schools in the city suspended in-person learning just two weeks earlier; the reopening pertains to e

Agencies brace for full-scale humanitarian crisis as number of those fleeing to neighboring Sudan is

Jon Danilowicz, new US charge d'affaires to South Sudan, doesn't expect incoming administration to a

Some contractors in say the government's new rule to use South Sudanese pounds, not US dollars, coul

A Jonglei state judge issued the sentence in the case of two men who were accused of stealing two co

Process is fragile, could relapse without international support, guidance, says UN independent exper

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization is pledging $70 million to help Sudanese families whose far

New report presents deeply disturbing picture of country mired in crooked schemes aimed at enriching

South Sudan's Catholic faithful returned to Mass by the hundreds in the capital Juba on Sunday, afte

Teachers say UNICEF should check conditions in impoverished southern African nation where instructor

Some government workers say they have taken on second jobs to feed their families

The World Health Organization warns of an outbreak of water-borne and vector-borne diseases such as

A South Sudan journalists union urges the government to release a journalist who has not been seen s

The alleged seller told authorities he wanted someone to adopt the two boys because he cannot afford

While some citizens have embraced the peace deal, others say it's nothing more than a political deal

From a peak of 100 cases per day last month, Malawi has for the past three weeks, confirmed as few a

Governments say it's vital to get children back to school

In his weekly national address on Saturday, Chakwera said the decision to reopen the schools stems f

Half a million German students return to classrooms Monday, other countries still unclear on their s

Experts say in-person education would be too risky in areas where virus is poorly controlled

A South Sudan analyst says President Salva Kiir should explain to the South Sudanese people why a re

Despite surge in COVID-19 cases, vice president says opening is the best thing for kids and working

South Africa currently has the fifth-highest total of COVID-19 infections in the world

UNESCO and UNICEF are calling on South Sudan to reopen the country's schools, saying children are mo

Outgoing Ambassador Tom Hushek said the Trump administration will not provide development aid to Sou

The southern African country recorded its highest number of confirmed cases in a single day last wee

If the council does not reach a compromise by Friday, aid convoys from Turkey into northwest Syria w

South Sudan economic analyst welcomes the central bank's move to lower interest rates but says it wo

UNMISS chief says 57 peacekeepers could have contracted virus due to what he described as 'continuou

Witness: 'I was the first to be shot ... If they see you then many people chase after you until they

UNMISS chief David Shearer laments violence in northeastern Pibor area but hopes new agreement on al

Parents doubtful sanitizing schools is enough for Monday's reopening

President, asserting that COVID-19 has little impact on young people, calls comments on schools by D

South Sudan rebukes the UN Human Rights Council for depicting it as the world's worst human rights v

Country opens a new chapter in its fragile emergence from civil war, with Salva Kiir and Riek Machar

New unity government will take effect Saturday, which is the latest deadline set to meet terms of a

Machar arrived in Juba from the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Monday and he and Kiir are due to meet