Ugandan troops were deployed to neighbouring South Sudan in March 2025 amid renewed hostility between supporters of the ...

At least 307 soldiers from the Sudan People’s Liberation Army-In Opposition (SPLA-IO), which First Vice President Riek Machar ...

T he United States once cheered the creation of South Sudan as an independent nation. Now the Trump administration has abruptly revoked the visas of all South Sudanese, saying the country’s government ...

A rise in political tensions in South Sudan and an escalation of violence in the Upper Nile State have raised fears of a ...

South Sudan soldiers patrol the street in Juba, South Sudan on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. Credit: AP/Brian Inganga Fighting among southerners briefly undermined their struggle for independence ...

Earlier this month, Kiir invited Ugandan soldiers armed with tanks and helicopters into South Sudan to support his forces. Almost the entire Horn of Africa is either riven by civil war or on the ...

Machar has served as South Sudan’s No. 2 official on and off since ... creation of a unified army command that incorporates soldiers loyal to Machar. But efforts in this direction have been ...