* 2003. A conflict in Sudan's western Darfur region flares, pitting rebels against government forces backed by a militia ...

NAIROBI, March 8 (Reuters) - Increased violence and political friction in South Sudan threaten its fragile peace process, a United Nations rights body said on Saturday, days after the arrests of ...

In a statement released ahead of International Women’s Day on March 8, the mission said sexual violence in Sudan was being used as a weapon of war, with girls as young as seven sexually assaulted.

As global temperatures continue to rise, similar extreme heat waves in February could occur once every 10 years, according to the study. And if warming doubles by the end of the century, similar heat ...

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 ...

FILE - South Sudan's president Salva Kiir, left, and vice-president Riek Machar, right, shake hands after meetings in Juba, South Sudan, on Oct. 20, 2019, to discuss outstanding issues to the ...

The UN was transporting wounded troops from the conflict zone (file photo) Several people have died in South Sudan after an attempt by the UN to evacuate members of the national army came under ...

Man-made climate change increased the likelihood of the heatwave gripping South Sudan, a study said Friday, saying soaring temperatures were disproportionately affecting women and girls.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Sudan files case at top UN court alleging UAE is breaching genocide convention by funding Sudanese rebel group.

Millions have been forced to flee their homes, many into neighbouring countries such as Chad, Ethiopia and Egypt, making Sudan the biggest child displacement crisis in the world. The conflict is also ...

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudanese soldiers surrounded Vice President Riek Machar's home in the capital on Wednesday and several of his allies were arrested after an armed group allied to ...