Amnesty International urged the UN Security Council (UNSC) to renew its arms embargo against South Sudan on Wednesday. The embargo is a part of a series of sanctions that have been in place since ...

Destroyed bridges, blackouts, empty water stations and looted hospitals across Sudan bear witness to the devastating impact ...

Attempts to encourage peaceful dialogue are hampered by the generational legacies of ethnic conflict, including South Sudan’s ...

Juba's new order aims to rein in private armies, but history shows the path to disarming militias is fraught with peril.

If properly implemented and enforced, a renewed UNSC arms embargo would not obstruct security sector reform. Instead, it ...

On Jawaharlal Nehru's 61st death anniversary, Utkarsh Mishra recalls how India's first prime minister cultivated a unique ...

Ugandan Activist Agather Atuhaire Alleges Rape and Torture in Tanzanian DetentionAgather Atuhaire, a Ugandan activist arrested and detained in Tanzania, was found abandoned near the border between the ...

The UN Security Council is due to vote in late May on whether to renew an arms embargo on South Sudan for another year.

Global concern had once again shifted to South Sudan, where a long-simmering conflict had claimed thousands of lives, ...

All around Egypt's borders, African countries descend into a widening arc of civil wars and state collapse. To the south, ...

China’s ambassador to South Sudan said construction on the Juba-Rumbek highway, the country’s first oil-for-infrastructure ...