After an attack on the oil fields by unaffiliated Nuer soldiers, Chevron halted operations. The SPLM/A, which still rules South Sudan, told Chevron not to restart work. Khartoum pressed for the ...

South Sudan Independence Movement/Army (SSIM/A): 1994-97: the above faction, reformed and renamed after the Nuer reconciliation meeting at Akobo in 1994, based variously in Waat and Ayod ...

Long-horned cattle wade through flooded lands and climb a slope along a canal that has become a refuge for displaced families ...

The extension for another two years of the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan 2018 ...

Mary and her family were members of the Nuer tribe in South Sudan, caught up in a vicious power struggle between the new country’s President Salva Kiir, a member of the Dinka tribe, and his Vice ...

Once Africa's largest country, Sudan has suffered decades of civil wars due to ancient divisions – and (of course) the oil.

Inside South Sudan's civil war He then embraced and shook hands with President Kiir. "We must forgive one another and reconcile," said Mr Kiir. "I also appeal to the people of Dinka and Nuer ...

FRESH clashes have erupted in South Sudan despite ongoing peace talks between ... President Kiir comes from the Dinka community and Machar from the Nuer. The BBC reports that both sides stand ...

AYOD, South Sudan (AP) — Long-horned cattle wade through ... ruining farmland and killing livestock. “The Dinka, Nuer and Murle communities of Jonglei are losing the ability to keep cattle ...