SOUTH SUDAN could have been off to a good start. Thanks to its oil riches, the world’s youngest country qualified as a middle-income one when it got independence from Sudan in 2011. The new ...

Arbitrary arrests and ensuing detention of civilians remain a serious human rights concern in South Sudan, according to a joint report by the UN Human Rights Office and the United Nations ...

As South Sudan nears the end of 2024, the hopes of millions for a peaceful Christmas have been overshadowed by the adjournment of the Tumaini peace process. For a nation that has endured decades ...

Rocket launchers, bullets and handguns line the walls of Dirar Ahmed Dirar’s cramped office in Port Sudan’s Daim Almadina neighborhood. Ammunition belts for Russian-made machine guns hang from ...

After emerging from the 1950-53 war with North Korea, South Korea emerged as one of the 20th century’s most remarkable economic success stories, becoming a developed, globally connected ...

CLAYTON DUNCAN, AN ELDER OF THE POMO TRIBE, HAS BEEN WORKING FOR YEARS TO CHANGE THE NAME OF A TOWN ABOUT 20 MINUTES SOUTH OF HIS RANCHERIA ... COMING OVER HERE AND RENAMING NOTHING.

First: South Africa has to stop overtly aligning with the world’s bad guys. Renaming a major street after a Palestinian terrorist ... its own international legal obligations and gives a free pass to ...

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The process to rename the University of Minnesota’s four oldest building names is underway after applications to nominate new namesakes or request retaining a name closed Nov. 11. While the Kiehle ...

The report underscores the persistence of widespread human rights abuses and systemic violence, calling for immediate action to break the cycle of impunity and achieve lasting peace. Chair of the ...

New data from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) shows that South Sudan has been hit the hardest by famine, with roughly 57 percent of the population projected to be acutely food insecure ...