Fifty-kilo sacks of food hurtled out the open hatch of the cargo plane, scattering in the wind on their 1,000-foot descent to the northeastern flatlands of South Sudan.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday cleared the way for the deportation of several immigrants who were put on a flight in May bound for South Sudan, a war-ravaged country where they have ...

This power shift threatens to deepen the country’s divisions, more than a decade after South Sudan gained independence in 2011. As a result, ... A dozen aid workers, ...

In Gaza and Africa, U.S. contracting firms led by former American intelligence and military officers are taking on aid ...

Relief workers have previously accused fighters from the RSF of looting aid during more than two years of war still raging in Sudan. They also accuse the army of denying or hindering access to RSF ...

August 20, 2024 (JUBA)- The United States embassy in South Sudan has honoured over 20 aid workers who lost their lives in Africa’s youngest nation over the past year.

South Sudan, torn apart by civil strife, and Sudan, engulfed in a war between two rival generals since April 2023, are the next deadliest conflicts for aid workers, according to the figures, with ...

Laerke said the threats to aid workers "extend beyond Gaza, with high levels of violence, kidnappings injuries, harassment and arbitrary detention" reported in Afghanistan, Congo, South Sudan ...

In Africa, protection failures are driving a rise in targeted attacks against aid workers. For most of the past decade, Sudan and South Sudan were regarded as the most dangerous contexts for ...

Private contracting firms led by former U.S. intelligence officers and military veterans delivering aid to some of the ...

The RSF, headed by Gen Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as "Hemedti", responded with a devastating drone attack on Port Sudan, which is both the interim capital of the military government and also the ...

Workers load food aid onto a Fogbow truck as part of an aid program operated by retired American military officers at an airport in Juba, South Sudan, Monday, June 9, 2025. Credit: AP ...