World News | Sudan Faces World's Worst Humanitarian Crisis as Second Anniversary of War Nears, UN Says

United Nations, Apr 11 (AP) A nearly two-year-old war has engulfed Sudan in the world's largest humanitarian crisis and led the African country to become the only nation experiencing famine, a senior UN official has said. Nearly 25 million people — …

Scarborough photographer’s South Sudan Kickstarter book campaign

The award-winning international social documentary and environmental photographer Peter Caton has spent the last 19 years of his career living almost entirely on the road, documenting the ravages of climate change in some of the world’s poorest countries. …

Foreign minister sacked as U.S.–South Sudan visa dispute intensifies

The former foreign affairs minster, Goc's dismissal comes amid a recent diplomatic dispute between South Sudan and the United States over the deportation of a man supposedly thought to be a South Sudanese national. The dismissed minister, who has been …

South Sudan responds to Trump’s blanket visa ban

In an unprecedented blanket measure, the US State Department announced on April 5 that it would immediately revoke all visas for South Sudanese citizens and prevent any of its nationals from entering the US.  The directive, which includes the cancellation …

South Sudan: International aid funding cuts leave children to die from cholera

As a political crisis brews in South Sudan, several children have died as they walked to receive treatment from cholera after funding cuts to international aid have forced local clinics to close, according to Save the Children. By Devin Watkins At least 8 …

South Sudan replaces foreign minister with deputy after dispute with US

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has replaced its foreign minister with his deputy, Monday Simaya Kumba, state media reported, following a migration dispute with the United States. No explanation was given for the sacking of Foreign Minister Ramadan …

Human Rights Watch: Incendiary bombs kill, burn civilians in South Sudan

South Sudan’s use of improvised air-dropped incendiary weapons has killed and horrifically burned dozens of people, including children, and destroyed civilian infrastructure in Upper Nile state, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday. According to the rights …

Western embassies alarmed by politically driven violence in South Sudan

The Embassies of France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, the United Kingdom, and the United States, as well as the Delegation of the European Union reaffirm their concern over continued politically driven violence in South Sudan, repeated violations of …

Sudan faces the world's worst humanitarian crisis as second anniversary of war nears, UN says

Since then, at least 20,000 people have been tallied as being killed, though the number is likely far higher. “By any metric, this is the world’s largest humanitarian crisis,” Hughes told U.N. reporters, pointing to over 8 million people displaced within …

South Sudan: Conflict and hunger push millions to the brink