The reality is undeniable: the killing of the Nuer people between December 15 and December 31, 2013, in and around Juba constituted ethnic cleansing, a crime against humanity, and by any honest ...

FILE PHOTO: South Sudan's First Vice President Riek Machar takes the oath of office at the State House in Juba (Reuters) -The reported house arrest of Riek Machar, the former bush rebel leader who ...

On Monday, the treason trial of First Vice President Riek Machar opened. It followed a bloody weekend in which at least 48 people were killed and more than 150 wounded in clashes between government ...

South Sudan's Riek Machar is a veteran rebel who has survived years of bush warfare, assassination attempts and exile and now faces charges of treason and crimes against humanity. Until this month, ...

NAIROBI (Reuters) - An airstrike by South Sudan's airforce killed at least 19 people in the country's east, residents said, less than two weeks after government forces withdrew from the area following ...

"On the forehead of each young man, curving back almost to his ears, were six parallel scars, the number customary among the Nuer people. The scars do more than identify tribal loyalties; they also ...

GENEVA, March 13 (UNHCR) - Some 15,000 Lou Nuer tribespeople have fled to western Ethiopia from South Sudan in recent weeks to escape clashes with a rival tribe and for fear of reprisal attacks. "Most ...

At least three mass graves were uncovered in South Sudan in recent days, yet another grim development in the deepening conflict in the country. The graves are the latest evidence of ...

(Reuters) - Armed Nuer tribesmen killed at least 139 members of a rival tribe in an attack in a remote area of southern Sudan, an official said on Thursday. A surge of ethnic violence has resulted in ...

(Reuters) -The reported house arrest of Riek Machar, the former bush rebel leader who became South Sudan's First Vice President, marks the latest turn in the turbulent relationship with his rival, ...