This article, the first in a series aimed at raising awareness of our shared ancestry and identity, seeks to ignite a ...

Frequent power cuts, low levels of literacy and ongoing unrest have created a fragile press environment, and left radio as ...

Because of the unpredictable situation in South Sudan’s northern Upper Nile State, President Salva Kiir has requested the ...

The Uganda People’s Defence Forces Air Force (UPDAF) has launched emergency airdrop food relief operations in South Sudan’s ...

The failure of Dinka leaders to acknowledge and apologize, as Machar did in the past, makes reconciliation hard to achieve.

Heidi Riley, King's College London*Some pseudonyms are used to protect the identities of interviewees.“I saw a lot of suffering.” The old man, Lokwi, gestu ...

In following the news nothing is more terrible than learning of the death of a child. The antics of politicians, the opportunities we are missing as the ...

South Sudan split from the rest of Sudan in 2011 ... It is divided along ethnic lines – between the majority Dinka tribe, which Kiir hails from, and Machar’s Nuer ethnic group, the second ...

While the oil-rich disputed Abyei region between Sudan and South Sudan has remained relatively calm over the past few years, recent escalations may destabilise this fragile peace. Local leaders ...