Tensions between the two political leaders of South Sudan have escalated in recent ... Abdi Latif Dahir is the East Africa correspondent for The Times, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

including Regional Board Member to the Strategic Initiative in the Horn of Africa Network, former chairperson of the Network of Aids Service Organizations on South Sudan, former chairperson of the ...

President Salva Kiir’s government effectively categorized areas (counties) with largely Nuer inhabitants as being either ...

The Global Forum on Solutions for Forced Displacement in Africa, hosted jointly with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), took place at Yonhap News Agency's headquarters in ...

Brits have been warned that the Foreign Office is advised against “all but essential travel” to 21 countries. Venturing to ...

Pope Francis, known for his humility and advocacy for society’s most vulnerable, leaves a lasting legacy in the Catholic ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) and Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) have updated their ...

Pope Francis, who passed away on April 21 at age 88, once admitted he disliked travel. Yet, he visited over 70 countries, ...

Despite the pope's itinerary calling for him to spend just under 40 hours in NYC, he made appearances from the Financial District up to East Harlem.

Yahoo News looks back on the legacy of Pope Francis — born as Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1936 — ...

For six days in September, 2015, Pope Francis made a historic visit to the United States, visiting some of the country's ...

The bridge, a key link over the River Nile and a critical route connecting northern Uganda, South Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, had been closed for urgent repairs between March 24 and ...