Observers say the country is still on a knife edge with politically-motivated purges targeting Machar allies who are either dismissed from their positions or detained.

N o Pope had ever kissed the feet of leaders, begging them to bring peace to their country. But in April 2019, Pope Francis ...

The Governor of Upper Nile State, General James Koang Chuol, on Tuesday issued an order suspending Ulang County Commissioner ...

Crisis Group's Daniel Akech on stirrings of renewed civil war in South SudanThe South Sudanese army recaptured the town of Nasir on 19 April, in a setback for the opposition militia that had seized it ...

The commissioner of Cueibet County in South Sudan’s Lakes State, Deng Mario Deng, has been suspended and arrested by security forces in the state capital, Rumbek, for allegedly defying orders. Deng, a ...

From Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation and a Catholic stronghold, his journey resonates as a beacon of hope and a ...

His pastoral journeys were defined by humility, peace advocacy, and a desire to bridge religious and cultural divides ...

Pope Francis heralded migrant rights, rang alarms over climate change, and served as a bridge toward peace on several ...

Pope Francis was affectionate towards South Sudan, President Salva Kiir of the world’s youngest nation has said, and recalled the 11 April 2019 extraordinary gesture when the Holy Father knelt and ...

Somalia’s fragile security infrastructure faces yet another existential threat—not from Al-Shabaab, nor from foreign meddling ...

Bishop Matthew Remijio Adam of South Sudan’s Catholic Diocese of Wau has decried the protracted violent conflicts in the ...