The United Nations rights chief urged on Friday for warring sides in South Sudan to pull back from the brink, warning that ...

Following the United Nations Security Council’s decision to renew the arms embargo on South Sudan for another year, Amnesty ...

The UN on Friday warned of further deterioration in the human rights situation in South Sudan amid an uptick in hostilities, ...

The UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan on Thursday called on its regional and international partners for “urgent, coordinated action to protect civilians and preserve the Revitalized Peace ...

There were high hopes for peace and stability after oil-rich South Sudan gained independence from Sudan in 2011. But the country slid into civil war in December 2013 when forces loyal to Kiir ...

A United Nations helicopter attempting to evacuate South Sudanese soldiers has come under fire near the town of Nasir, the UN mission (UNMISS ... UNMISS urges an investigation to determine ...

One person working with the United Nations peace ... Sudan and several members of the South Sudan People’s Defense Forces were killed during an evacuation exercise in the north of the country. A ...

UN Envoy Urges Security Council to Try to ... There were high hopes for peace and stability after oil-rich South Sudan gained independence from Sudan in 2011. But the country slid into civil ...

"The escalating hostilities in South Sudan portend a real risk of further exacerbating the already dire human rights and humanitarian situation, and undermining the country’s fragile peace ...