In a tiny recording studio in the southern Sudanese capital, Juba, Patrick Taban's phone rings off the hook, but he pays it no attention - he's too...

Last-minute objections by Southern Sudanese leaders have forced another postponement of the fifth national census that had been scheduled for take...

Southern Sudan has stocked up on meningitis drugs in the capital Juba and various states in a bid to minimise the impact of a possible outbreak...

Recent clashes between the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) army and fighters from the mainly Arab Miserriya community have displaced...

Efforts to peacefully resolve the conflict in northern Uganda have gained momentum but uncertainty over the fate of a key rebel leader could hinder...

Ayot Deng, who sells mobile-phone accessories from a stall in downtown Juba, the South Sudanese capital, laughed when asked whether war between...

The government of South Sudan believes that the deputy leader of the Ugandan rebel Lord’s Resistance Army, Vincent Otti, is still alive but being...

Sara Pantuliano, a research fellow at the Humanitarian Policy Group of the ODI think-tank in London, said the decision by Southern Sudan’s former...

Agnes Buya*, 66, lies in the infectious diseases ward of Juba Teaching Hospital in southern Sudan. Painfully thin, she has been suffering from...