In a separate announcement, President Kiir declared an annual National Prayer Breakfast, with the first event scheduled for Saturday at the Presidency in Juba. Attendance is mandatory for the ...

Sudan and South Sudan have agreed to form a High Economic Committee between the two countries, chaired by the Sudanese Prime Minister and the Vice President of South Sudan, activate other joint ...

In 1988 and 1989, a few months before we flocked to Ethiopia, Yirol was overflowing with soldiers—men described as troops of ...

Salva Kiir Mayardit, the incumbent President of South Sudan joined SPLM/SPLA as a low ranking officer in 1983 and promoted to 4th in command by Dr John Garang who for so long dominated and controlled ...

Pope France, urging politicians in South Sudan to forge a consensus government, said Sunday he plans to visit the trouble African nation later this year. He also urged prayers for another troubled ...

A General Service Unit (GSU) officer assigned to South Sudanese President Salva Kiir has been arrested in Nairobi. The incident occurred in Nairobi’s upscale Gigiri neighbourhood after the General ...

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir Mayardit arrives at Khartoum airport, Sudan NAIROBI (Reuters) -South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has reshuffled the senior leadership in the ruling party, according ...

Shepherding a peaceful referendum has been a great achievement, but it is not over for the quiet president. Read more from Parselelo Kantai on Southern Sudan’s old hopes for a new state. For fans of ...

While a peace deal recently ended fighting between Sudan's central government and rebels to the country's south, fighting continues in eastern Sudan as well as western Darfur. Ed Gordon talks with ...

Israel has broadened its push, so far unsuccessful, to persuade other countries to take in Gazans en masse. Critics say the relocation could violate international law. By Aaron Boxerman, Natan ...