#southsudan

South Sudan has not held elections since independence in 2011 - polls have twice been postponed.

South Sudan President Salva Kiir has dissolved his country's transitional government ahead of upcoming elections ...

President's move clears hurdles to long delayed election and raises concern he can now wield unchecked power.

Chan Atak, 19, from South Sudan, has been jailed today for endangering lives at sea after he steered a super-dinghy containing 165 migrants into the UK illegally.

UN Interim Security Force for Abyei strengthens security on the ground after days of deadly fighting.

South Sudan President Salva Kiir has announced the head of the electoral body was removed from the position just three months before the country's first election ...

Independent human rights investigators voiced deep concern over growing risks to both civilians and South Sudan's political transition following their latest fact-finding mission to the world's youngest nation - their 14th in a decade.

At the end of a history-laden path winding through palm trees and scattered ruins - remnants of once-vibrant villages destroyed by cattle raids - lies a rare sight in this dry part of Terekeka county in South Sudan: a sparkling, fresh water source.

Thirty-three people were also wounded as gunmen raided village and seasonal cattle camp in northwest of the country.

The photographer Kieran Seager follows patients and staff at a centre in Juba, recording the process of physical rehabilitation for people with life-changing injuries from gunshots and landmines ...