What’s different this time, and how to avoid civil war? A rise in political tensions in South Sudan and an escalation of ...

Experts say Uganda’s involvement inflames tensions COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT REPORTERS & AGENCIES | The entry of soldiers ...

According to Sid Ahmed, the group is expanding every day. Its fighters, called al-Baraoon in Arabic, vow to fight what they ...

It broke away from the John Garang-led SPLM, which was said to be Dinka-dominated. The split led to years of infighting. The White Army itself emerged during this period in the 1990s.

al-Bara ibn Malik brigade was established as part of the Popular Defence Forces (PDF), an Islamist paramilitary group that ...

FILE - South Sudan's President Salva Kiir, right, and Vice President Riek Machar, left, attend a Holy Mass led by Pope Francis at the John Garang Mausoleum in Juba ... armed group clashed with the ...

FILE - South Sudan's President Salva Kiir, right, and Vice President Riek Machar, left, attend a Holy Mass led by Pope Francis at the John Garang Mausoleum ... him overran an army base in the ...

Earlier this week, South Sudan’s information minister, Michael Makuei Lueth, blamed the violence, in part, on the White Army ... led by Pope Francis at the John Garang Mausoleum in Juba ...

attend a Holy Mass led by Pope Francis at the John Garang Mausoleum in Juba, South Sudan Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File) JUBA, South Sudan (AFP) — South Sudan forces have arrested ...