ReutersJUBA (Reuters) – South Sudanese forces fought rebels on the outskirts of the flashpoint town of Bor on Tuesday, its mayor said, as a deadline imposed by East African nations…

ReutersJUBA (Reuters) – Hundreds of people fled South Sudan’s flashpoint town of Bor as the army warned of an imminent attack by the “White Army” militia on Monday, two weeks…

ReutersJUBA (Reuters) – South Sudan’s army fought on Sunday with “White Army” ethnic militia, accusing rebels of mobilizing the force despite its offer of a truce to end the conflict…

USA TODAYJUBA, South Sudan (AP) — The estimated 25,000 armed fighters whom the government said had been marching toward a state capital in what could have been a vicious military…

BBC NewsThousands of South Sudanese youths – loyal to rebel leader Riek Machar – have abandoned their march on the strategic town of Bor, officials say. South Sudan’s information minister…

BBC NewsThe UN has expressed concerns about thousands of South Sudanese youths – loyal to rebel leader Riek Machar – marching on the strategic town of Bor. Armed with machetes…

The News InternationalJUBA: South Sudan troops will attack the main stronghold of rebel forces loyal to former vice president Riek Machar if the government’s offer of a ceasefire is rejected,…

Times of IndiaJUBA: International pressure bore down on the two sides on Saturday in South Sudan’s bloody violence to open peace talks to keep the young nation from sliding into…

Voice of AmericaNAIROBI — South Sudan’s military says the so-called White Army militia is marching on the capital of Jonglei state, threatening to escalate violence in the country just a…

New York TimesKHARTOUM, Sudan — The government of South Sudan refused on Saturday to release all 11 senior politicians who were detained on allegations of plotting a coup as a…

USA TODAYJUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Twenty-five thousand young men who make up a tribal militia known as the “White Army” are marching toward a contested state capital in South…

BBC NewsSouth Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar has said there must be proper negotiations before the rebels can agree to a truce with the government. He was speaking after the…

Washington PostKAMPALA, Uganda — A spokesman for South Sudan’s military says fighting continues in the oil-producing Unity state despite ongoing efforts by regional leaders to get both sides to agree…

BBC NewsThe first UN reinforcements have arrived in South Sudan since the UN Security Council voted to almost double the number of peacekeepers in the country to 12,500. A detachment…

BBC NewsSouth Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar has said there must be proper negotiations before the rebels can agree to a truce with the government. He was speaking after the…

BBC NewsThe government of South Sudan has agreed to an immediate end to fighting with rebels, East African leaders meeting in Nairobi say. The leaders said they “welcomed the commitment…

Voice of AmericaNAIROBI — East African leaders have called for the stakeholders in South Sudan’s conflict to begin talks by the end of the year to end the violence that…

Houston ChronicleJUBA, South Sudan (AP) — More than 120,000 people have been displaced by continuing violence in South Sudan, the United Nations said, as African leaders met Friday to find…

Times of IndiaJUBA: The United Nations on Thursday said that it was speeding reinforcements to its beleaguered peacekeeping force in South Sudan, where ferocious fighting was raging in the oil-producing…

Voice of AmericaBentiu — Days of clashes in South Sudan have hit the country’s largest source of revenue as oil production was halted in Unity state after foreign workers fled…

BBC NewsEast Africa’s leaders are to meet in Kenya to discuss growing violence in South Sudan, where more than 1,000 people are believed to have died. The talks come a…

New York TimesJUBA, South Sudan — As clashes between government troops and rebels continued in South Sudan on Thursday, diplomats moved swiftly to drag the warring sides to the negotiating…

Voice of AmericaThe United Nations says it hopes to put peacekeeping reinforcements in South Sudan within 48 hours, as government forces battled rebels Thursday for control of the Upper Nile…

CNN(CNN) — Pope Francis doesn’t want a commonly quoted Bible verse chanted as empty words on Christmas Day — the one about peace on Earth. “Glory to God in the…

CNN InternationalBor, South Sudan (CNN) — In the South Sudan city of Bor, memories of 1991 are playing out in real time. That was when Riek Machar fell out with…

Voice of AmericaThe president of South Sudan, Salva Kiir, has expressed concern about recent strife in his country, condemning those “who would like to take power by force of arms.”…

New York TimesJUBA, South Sudan — The security forces went house to house, rounding up civilians by the dozens and binding the wrists of some with wire, survivors said. Some…

Voice of AmericaKAMPALA — South Sudan government troops are preparing to launch an attack to recapture Bentiu, the capital of oil-rich Unity state, which fell to forces loyal to former…

BBC NewsPope Francis has used his first Christmas address as pontiff to repeat the call for peace in Syria made by his predecessor, Pope Benedict, last year. Speaking to a…

ABC OnlineThe United Nations will urgently redeploy troops from African missions to South Sudan, where it says 10 days of fighting has left thousands of people dead and forced another…

Times of IndiaJUBA: Thousands of South Sudanese have been killed in more than a week of violence, with reports of bodies piled in mass graves, the UN said as it…

Voice of AmericaThe United Nations is sending 5,500 additional peacekeepers to South Sudan, where a U.N. official reported thousands of people have likely been killed since fighting began there last…

USA TODAYBERLIN (AP) — The United Nations says it has discovered a mass grave containing about 75 bodies in South Sudan. U.N.’s human rights chief says the mass grave was…

BBC NewsNew evidence is emerging of alleged ethnic killings committed during more than a week of fighting in South Sudan. The violence follows a power struggle between President Salva Kiir,…

XinhuaBEIJING, Dec. 24 (Xinhuanet) — South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has told a senior US official, he is committed to beginning talks with rebel leader Riek Machar to end the…