By Declan Walsh Reporting from Nairobi, Kenya Gunmen attacked a United Nations helicopter on an evacuation mission in a volatile part of South Sudan on Friday, killing one crew member and injuring ...

Fighting reportedly broke out in Nasir in Upper Nile state on February 14 and 15, the UN mission in South Sudan says.

One person working with the United Nations peace-keeping mission to South Sudan and several members of the South Sudan People’s Defense Forces were killed during an evacuation exercise in the ...

South Sudan's government has defended the controversial detention of allies of First Vice President Riek Machar, warning that they were involved in skirmishes in Upper Nile State. Government ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir, right, and Vice President Riek Machar, left, attend a Holy Mass led by ...

Machar's party has previously denied involvement in the recent fighting in Nasir.The head of the U.N. Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), Nicholas Haysom, said the attack was "utterly abhorrent" and ...

Plenty pipo don die for South Sudan afta one attempt by di UN to evacuate members of di national army come under fire, di UN confam. One crew member die wen dem shoot at one UN helicopter ...

South Sudan — a history of violence Civil war broke out in South Sudan in December 2013 after Kiir sacked Machar, resulting in an estimated 400,000 deaths, driving more than 2.5 million people ...

A deadly attack on a United Nations helicopter in South Sudan on Friday resulted in the death of one crew member and several South Sudanese soldiers. The helicopter was attempting to evacuate ...

A United Nations helicopter was attacked and a crew member killed in South Sudan while attempting to rescue soldiers on Friday, in an incident described as a possible war crime. A fragile power ...

South Sudan government has defended the controversial detention of allies of First Vice President Riek Machar, warning that they had a hand in skirmishes in Upper Nile State. Government spokesperson ...

Sudan has filed a case against the United Arab Emirates at the World Court for allegedly violating its obligations under the Genocide Convention by arming the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces ...