Last Updated: Sunday, December 22, 2013, 22:40
United Nations began evacuating "non-critical staff" from Juba and will send military reinforcements to embattled towns further north, it said.
Last Updated: Sunday, December 22, 2013, 17:00
World leaders have stepped up calls for South Sudan`s feuding politicians to end fighting that has pushed the country to the brink of civil war, after four US servicemen were wounded when their aircraft came under fire.
Last Updated: Saturday, December 21, 2013, 19:46
A top South Sudan army commander based in the key oil-producing Unity state appears to have defected to rebel forces, the country`s army spokesman said.
Last Updated: Saturday, December 21, 2013, 16:46
Armed rebels have been said to be in control of some of South Sudan`s oil fields, raising questions of how long the country`s oil will flow and whether Sudan could enter the conflict which showed no signs of ending.
Last Updated: Friday, December 20, 2013, 14:27
As the violence in South Sudan intensified, US President Barack Obama warned that the newly formed nation risked returning back to the dark days of civil war.
Last Updated: Friday, December 20, 2013, 11:19
US President Barack Obama has sent 45 US soldiers to South Sudan to protect its nationals and embassy there amid the African nation`s volatile security situation.
Last Updated: Friday, December 20, 2013, 04:07
Two Indian peacekeepers were killed and one was injured when attackers stormed a United Nations base in South Sudan where civilians had taken refuge.
Last Updated: Thursday, December 19, 2013, 13:20
South Sudan, which has been mired in clashes since Sunday, is the newest formed country and the ethnic hue of the fighting has sparked fears of a civil war.
Last Updated: Wednesday, December 18, 2013, 23:51
At least 500 people, most of them soldiers, have been killed in South Sudan since Sunday, a senior government official said as an ethnic rivalry threatened to tear apart the world`s newest country.
Last Updated: Wednesday, December 18, 2013, 10:17
The United Nations received reports from local sources in South Sudan that between 400 and 500 people had been killed and up to 800 wounded in the latest violence, and the government said it had arrested 10 politicians in connection with a "foiled coup".
Last Updated: Tuesday, December 17, 2013, 14:21
At least 66 soldiers have been killed in battles raging for the past two days in the South Sudanese capital, a military hospital doctor said on Tuesday.
Last Updated: Monday, December 16, 2013, 12:32
Sporadic gunfire rang out early Monday in the South Sudan capital, Juba, in what appeared to be clashes between sections of the country`s military.
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