Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir on Saturday ordered a halt to the flow of oil from South Sudan.
Rebels from Sudan’s Darfur region launched a dawn attack on the city of Um Rawaba on Saturday, taking their fight closer to the capital Khartoum.
Five Indian peacekeepers and at least seven UN civilian staff have been killed in an ambush in South Sudan, officials have said.
The first observers are preparing to monitor a demilitarised buffer zone between Sudan and South Sudan, Khartoum’s defence minister has said.
Hundreds of refugees have fled fighting in South Sudan, as UN officials warn of "serious concerns" over the presence of armed groups in border camps.
China has never promised South Sudan $8-billion in development funds after President Salva Kiir visited Beijing in April, a senior diplomat has said.
Human Rights Watch reveals how child marriage in South Sudan exacerbates high maternal mortality rates and perpetuates violence against girls.
The country’s wells have remained blocked by hostility with Sudan, but it has huge agricultural potential.
President Salva Kiir is willing to remove the army from the border with Sudan, signalling a possible compromise with his Sudanese counterpart.
An airlift from Khartoum of sick, elderly and other "extremely vulnerable" South Sudanese has re-started on Christmas Eve.
As South Sudan begins its journey towards development, the rest of the world is descending in droves. Kevin Bloom and Richard Poplak report.
Unity State in the north of the Republic of South Sudan is rich in oil reserves – meaning, of course, that it should also be a driver of growth.
Meet Nyandeng Malek Dielic, the only female governor in the Republic of South Sudan.
When Osman Abdelmoniem first arrived in Juba in 2005, there was one tarred road and a tent in a camp cost him $350 a night.
In the International Bank Building overlooking Juba’s remarkably active airport, we meet with a journalist named Clement Lochio Lomornana.
Rights groups urged South Sudan on Monday to put a moratorium on the country’s executions because of flaws in its legal system.
Richard Poplak and Kevin Bloom are in South Sudan this week. Their first stop: Juba, a capital coming into its own.
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.
The Satellite Sentinel Project says it has evidence of indiscriminate attacks by the Sudanese government in the state of South Kordofan.
Sudan and South Sudan have reached agreements on a demilitarised border zone and oil production but made limited progress on contested areas.
Sudan and South Sudan’s leaders meet as pressure mounts to settle disputes that have brought the former foes to the brink of renewed conflict.
Tens of thousands of people have already swarmed to a refugee camp in South Sudan and a new wave will soon begin the trek from the Nuba Mountains.
A Sudanese Cabinet minister is among 31 people killed when an airplane crashed carrying a delegation to war-torn South Kordofan for Eid celebrations.
At least one million people are in need of immediate food aid to avoid the threat of starvation. Charels Molele reports.
The countries still need to resolve key border security issues to end hostilities, a mediator from the African Union said on Saturday.
Dancing and singing, South Sudanese put aside dire warnings over stability and economic viability, to celebrate its first year of independence.
South Sudan is not only building a state but also a new identity.
When South Sudan marks the first anniversary of its independence from Sudan on July 9, SABMiller will be raising a glass to a milestone of its own.
South Sudan’s 2012/13 budget aims to make up for the loss of almost all its revenues after its shutdown of oil production in January.
About 120 South Sudan immigrants deported from Israel have landed in Juba, with several saying they came under pressure to leave and were insulted.
Sudanese rebels in the Blue Nile state repulsed an attack by government forces, which lost men and weapons in the battle, a claim the army denies.
South Sudan President Salva Kiir has accused more than 75 government officials of looting at least $4-billion from the young country’s coffers.