Juba - At least 20 people were killed and another 70 injured by gunmen posing as peaceful protestors who stormed a UN base in South Sudan, the US ambassador to the world body said.

Juba - Rebels in South Sudan battled government forces Thursday in a renewed offensive targeting the young nation's key oil fields, the army said, amid famine warnings by the United Nations.

Rumbek - The leader of South Sudan's rebels has vowed to attack the capital Juba and target crucial oil fields, warning in an exclusive interview with AFP that the civil war will not end until the country's president is removed from power.

- First their homes were torched, and now the people themselves are burning, huddled under crude shelters to escape Sudan's fierce desert sun after fleeing Darfur's worst violence in a decade.

Juba - Over a million people in South Sudan have been forced from their homes during more than three months of ongoing fighting, with conditions continuing to worsen, the UN has warned.

Khartoum - A Sudanese worker for the International Committee of the Red Cross has been killed in Sudan's Darfur, the agency said on Friday, as violence worsens in the region.

Khartoum - Major European and Saudi banks have stopped dealing with Sudan, diplomatic and other sources say, adding to the sanctions-hit country’s isolation and further straining its indebted, cash-starved economy.While Khartoum blames increased "pressure" from...

Khartoum - Major European and Saudi banks have stopped dealing with Sudan, diplomatic and other sources say, adding to the sanctions-hit country’s isolation and further straining its indebted, cash-starved economy.While Khartoum blames increased "pressure" from...

Juba - Five soldiers died when heavy fighting broke out in the main military barracks in war-torn South Sudan's capital Juba, underscoring serious tensions within the national army as it battles a rebel uprising.Fierce gunfire lasting two hours was heard comi...

Khartoum - Almost 40,000 people may have been displaced by militia arson and looting in Sudan's Darfur region, according to new data obtained by AFP on Tuesday.More than 19,000 arrivals have been recorded at two camps for displaced people near the South Darfur st...

Khartoum - Fighting in South Sudan has cut production from the country's lifeline oilfields by about 29 percent, the press secretary to President Salva Kiir said in Khartoum on Sunday."South Sudan is still getting more than 175,000 barrels a day," said Ateny Wek ...

Juba - Warring fighters in South Sudan have looted hospitals and murdered patients in their beds, cutting life-saving healthcare to hundreds of thousands of people, Doctors Without Borders said Wednesday.Warning of an "alarming pattern of lootings and attacks...

Juba - Warring fighters in South Sudan have looted hospitals and murdered patients in their beds, cutting life-saving healthcare to hundreds of thousands of people, Doctors Without Borders said Wednesday.Warning of an "alarming pattern of lootings and attacks...

Malakal - South Sudan's army said it had lost contact with its troops in the key oil hub of Malakal following a major offensive by rebels.The rebels have said they now control the northeastern town after launching an assault on Tuesday, prompting the US to denou...

Juba - South Sudan's army said Wednesday that it had lost contact with its troops in the key oil hub of Malakal following a major offensive by rebels.The rebels have said they now control the northeastern town of Malakal after launching an assault on Tuesday,...

Malakal - Rebel forces in South Sudan launched a major assault early Tuesday against the key town of Malakal, the government-controlled capital of the oil-rich Upper Nile state, witnesses told AFP."The fighting is very heavy.

Khartoum - The Sudanese government and rebels opened peace talks in Ethiopia on Thursday amid UN calls for a ceasefire to end three years of fighting that has affected over one million people.The government said it was committed to ending the gruesome violence at...

Rumbek - Ten days into a South Sudan ceasefire, violated on multiple occasions, the two sides are trading blame for the renewed fighting.

Juba - South Sudan released seven rebel detainees Thursday but vowed to put on trial key leaders accused of launching weeks of fighting, a move likely to threaten a fragile ceasefire.

Khartoum - A Sudanese newspaper which reported on commodity shortages and alleged corruption has been suspended from publishing, its editor said on Sunday.