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The family of South Sudanese political commentator Samuel Peter Oyay is worried about his safety after his arrest in the United Arab Emirates over a month ago.

Thousands of South Sudanese refugees and impoverished locals in Uganda saw a brighter future with a new USAID-funded project. They'd get $205 and coaching to build a business. Then came the cuts.

South Sudan faces a renewed slide into full-scale conflict unless urgent international action is taken, the UN-appointed independent investigative body examining human rights there warned on Wednesday.

Liam Neeson, 73, visited South Sudan and met with mothers and children who face an aid funding crisis in the war-torn country.

Some see the first vice president's trial as a provocation that has set the country on a path to war.

Study finds that rates soar to 90 percent in some regions as humanitarian crises compound childhood exploitation.

Marking its 80th anniversary, the United Nations celebrated decades of multilateral cooperation for peace, human rights, and sustainable development through events across the globe.

Exclusive: In the year they announced record profits, Britain's arms maker has revoked licence to fly for planes taking supplies of food to starving people in South Sudan, Somalia and DRC ...

Observers and opposition says prosecution of Riek Machar for crimes in relation to attack by rebel militia puts peace deal at risk ...

Renewed fighting between rival leaders forces mass exodus across South Sudan's borders as fears of wider war rise.