South Sudan

South Sudan's Olympic basketball dream over

South Sudan coach Royal Ivey was highly critical of the officiating as his side's Olympic basketball dreams came to an end as they failed to qualify for the men's quarter-finals in a heartbreaking loss to Serbia.

Helping S Sudan move forward

Seven years into its independence, the youngest country in the world still remains one of the most violent.

S Sudan oil tanker blast 'kills 170'

At least 170 people die after an oil tanker exploded in South Sudan, a presidential spokesman said.

South Sudan conflict: Army 'raped and torched girls'

South Sudan's army and allied militias "abducted, torched and gang-raped girls" during fighting against rebel forces, a UN report says.

'Hundreds' of South Sudan boys seized

Hundreds of boys in South Sudan have been kidnapped and are forced to become child soldiers