At least 200 South Sudanese civilians have died when a boat, packed with people escaping fighting between government forces and rebels, capsized.
South Sudan’s loyalist troops head for the last major rebel-held town as the UN urges President Salva Kiir to release detainees loyal to Riek Machar.
Civil war looms after rebels spurn a proposal to end the violence raging across South Sudan.
South Sudan’s rebels and a government delegation have begun peace talks in Ethiopia to try end fighting that has killed at least 1 000 people.
Talks between South Sudan’s government and rebels have been put on hold until an agenda has been drafted by negotiators and agreed on by both sides.
The warring parties of South Sudan have opened peace talks with negotiators in Ethiopia, but rival leaders have yet to meet face to face.
As peace talks are set to take place, South Sudan’s army says its troops are moving again on the town of Bor in a bid to wrest it back from rebels.
Government and rebel negotiating teams have gathered in Addis Ababa for talks aimed at ending a nearly three-week-old civil war in South Sudan.
Fighting erupted in Juba on December 15. Rebels and government have agreed to peace talks, which are set to begin in Ethiopia this week.
As a nearly three-week-old civil war affects South Sudan, government and rebel officials are expected to begin formal talks on a possible ceasefire.
South Sudan’s government and rebels have sent delegates to peace talks in Ethiopia but fighting continues as both sides battle for control.
As South Sudan rebels battled government troops for control of the flashpoint town of Bor, the AU says it will impose sanctions over violence.
Uganda President Yoweri Museveni says East African nations have agreed to unite if South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar rejects a ceasefire offer.
US aircraft have come under fire while trying to evacuate Americans from the conflict in South Sudan.
African mediators said they held productive talks with South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir, to prevent an ethnic civil war.
SA says "democracy and human rights are essential to the governance of all African countries", slating an alleged coup attempt in South Sudan.
South Sudan President Salva Kiir has told reporters that the government’s in full control of a security situation in Juba following an attempted coup.
South Sudan is facing corruption, a lack of public services and repression of government opponents and the media.
South Sudan’s vice-president has dismissed rumours of a planned military coup, saying it would be ‘unwise’ for army officers to attempt a takeover.
South Sudan President Salva Kiir has accused more than 75 government officials of looting at least $4-billion from the young country’s coffers.
Khartoum’s gaping revenue hole has worsened the distrust between the north and south.
The UN Security Council has demanded that Sudan stop airstrikes on South Sudan as it considers what steps to take to stop clashes spiralling into war.
UN chief Ban Ki-moon has appealed for calm between Sudan and its neighbour after fighting erupted once again in the border region over oil.
The latest talks between Sudan and South Sudan have ended without any deal on the contentious issues of disputed border areas and oil revenue sharing.
South Sudan is due to lay out its economic plans at a US-backed conference aimed at uplifting the country and setting it on the path to development.
Salva Kiir has lead the first top-level delegation to Khartoum since South Sudan’s secession, with key issues like oil and borders on the agenda.
The government of South Sudan will have to cope with serious shortages in many areas, despite its bountiful oil reserves.
A crowd of about 100 000 gathered at the mausoleum of Sudan People’s Liberation Army hero John Garang, to recognise South Sudan’s independence.
South Sudan’s declaration of independence on July 9 could end in one of three possible scenarios: A deal with North Sudan, a messy divorce or war.
Armies of Sudan clashed in Abyei, the Sudan south’s People’s Liberation Army has said, two days after an agreed provisional demilitarisation accord.
The South Sudanese say things are bad when people stop blaming violence on former civil war enemies in the north and start accusing each other.
Clashes between South Sudanese troops and two separate rebel militias have left at least 92 people dead, the army’s spokesperson said on Monday.