The leadership of Nuer and Dinka White Army composed of representatives of Lou Nuer, Jikany Nuer, Gawaar Nuer and Twic Dinka received the delegation of Ethiopian Nuer today at Pieri Payam, Uror County ...

However, stopping and then limiting the damage of the Dinka versus Nuer tribal war spawned by the events of Dec. 15 in South Sudan's capital, Juba, may be difficult. Kiir is Dinka. Machar is Nuer. In ...

As South Sudan, the world's newest country, teeters on the brink of civil war, members of the two feuding tribes — the Nuer and the Dinka — living in Minnesota are working to ensure that the ethnic ...

In Unity state, the frontline of the ongoing war between the South Sudanese government and members of the opposition is hard to pin down. As is often the case in African wars, troops do not build ...

The ongoing conflict in South Sudan is often seen as a power struggle between the “big men,” as the South Sudanese call their political and military leaders, namely President Salva Kiir and rebel ...

..burning homes, villages, community structures, and grain, and killing women and children. These types of abuses have been the proximate cause of several famines in recent years. Recent experience in ...

On July 9, 2011, the Republic of South Sudan became the world’s newest country. The mood among southerners was euphoric, expectations were high, and the international community rushed to pledge its ...

GANYIEL, South Sudan (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Surrounded by swamps and accessible only by plane or boat, South Sudan's Ganyiel, a rebel-held town in a country torn apart by civil war, has been ...

U.N. and African mediators announced on Tuesday that South Sudan's president Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar have agreed to a ceasefire. A political agreement signaling a common desire to curb ...

Recent experience in southern Sudan has demonstrated that the fighting now in progress will provoke a new humanitarian disaster, unless immediately checked. The Nuer are already conducting inter-Nuer ...