The United Nations called for a cessation of hostilities between the army and fighters loyal to South Sudan’s deputy ...

As the gateway to the Sahara, the Sahel and the Horn of Africa, Sudan’s location gives it enormous geostrategic importance ...

South Sudan's army said it had recaptured a key town in Upper Nile state that it lost to an ethnic Nuer militia in March in ...

At just 22 years old, Usain Bolt really surprised everyone at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He ran the 100 meters incredibly fast, setting a new world record of 9.69 seconds. This ama ...

As the war in Sudan entered its third year, the country is facing the biggest humanitarian crisis in the world ...

Sudan is facing the world’s largest humanitarian crisis after two years of war between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary ...

In Nigeria -- home to 30 percent of the world's annual 600,000 malaria ... adding her co-workers are "scrambling" to map out ...

South Sudan, the world’s youngest nation, gained independence from Sudan in 2011 following a referendum. However, the country has been plagued by conflict since December 2013, when President ...

A Newsweek-created graphic shows the various travel advisories currently in place across Africa, including the no-go zones.

Relations between Kiir and Machar, who have dominated South Sudan's politics for decades, remain strained.

A nearly two-year-old war has engulfed Sudan in the world’s largest humanitarian crisis ... to help people who have fled to Chad, South Sudan, Central African Republic and elsewhere.

A nearly two-year-old war has engulfed Sudan in the world’s largest humanitarian crisis and led the ... to help people who have fled to Chad, South Sudan, Central African Republic and elsewhere.