The president of South Sudan Salva Kiir has dismissed the army chief after seven ... Majok was overseeing the army during ongoing clashes between the military and the White Army, an ethnic militia ...

During the reopening of parliament on Wednesday, President Salva Kiir said there was a need for unity and national ...

Camp Lemonnier, the U.S. military base in Djibouti, last year. The eight men the government hopes to deport to South Sudan have been held at the base for several weeks. Getty Images ...

July 5 (UPI) -- Eight deported "migrants" who had been held at a U.S. military base in Djibouti are bound for South Sudan aboard a military aircraft that took off on Friday night.

South Sudan is once again on the brink of full-scale humanitarian catastrophe, propelled by conflict, attacks on civilians and humanitarian infrastructure, and political turmoil.