South Sudan

Two rows of wooden pews are shown with several people standing while a priest is at the front of the church.

Two years after revolution, Christians in Sudan evaluate gains

Sudan’s new government is working to provide protections for religious minorities. Sudanese Christians are trying to figure out what it means for them. 

Two years after revolution, Christians in Sudan evaluate gains
Police officers with guns drawn patrol the streets of Haiti

Haitian police: Foreign hit squad killed President Moïse

Haitian police: Foreign hit squad killed President Moïse
South Sudan's First Vice President Riek Machar takes the oath of office in front of President Salva Kiir and Chief Justice Chan Reech Madut at the State House in Juba, South Sudan, Feb. 22, 2020.

South Sudan’s leaders make peace

South Sudan’s leaders make peace
Uganda's Bidi Bidi refugee camp, shown here on April 5, 2017, is now home to 285,000 residents, nearly all of them having refugees from South Sudan's civil war.

Turning the world's largest refugee camp into a 'big city'

Turning the world's largest refugee camp into a 'big city'
South Sudanese refugees wait in line for food in Omugo refugee settlement camp in northern Uganda

Ugandans pose as refugees for food because the drought is so bad

Ugandans pose as refugees for food because the drought is so bad
A South Sudanese refugee girl, displaced by fighting, arrives at Imvepi settlement in Arua district, northern Uganda, April 4, 2017.

More South Sudanese children are fleeing their country alone

More than 62 percent of South Sudanese refugees arriving in Uganda this year are children, UN officials report. And in a worrying trend, aid workers say a growing number of these kids are coming alone.

More South Sudanese children are fleeing their country alone
An armed man walks on a path near the village of Nialdhiu, South Sudan

Online fake news and hate speech are fueling tribal 'genocide' in South Sudan

Internet researchers have tracked much of the hate speech back to members of the South Sudanese diaspora in the United States, Canada, UK, Kenya and Uganda, who are apparently inciting violence against people back home.

Online fake news and hate speech are fueling tribal 'genocide' in South Sudan
A young girl in Ganyiel’s health clinic watches her 3-year-old sister who is sick with cholera. Her mother brought her over from Tayar island to seek treatment in the clinic.

Cholera stalks ‘refugee islands’ in swamplands of South Sudan

In South Sudan, people are sheltering from conflict wherever they can, including a network of islands in the swamps of Unity State. On one island, where 2,300 displaced people live without access to clean water or toilets, cholera has become rife.

Cholera stalks ‘refugee islands’ in swamplands of South Sudan
Kakuma visit Dominic Raimondo

South Sudanese culture is at risk, but this Lost Boy wants to protect it

Dominic Raimondo, a former Lost Boy of Sudan who now lives in the US, visited the Kakuma refugee camp with a mission — to protect Sudanese culture.

South Sudanese culture is at risk, but this Lost Boy wants to protect it
A woman waits to be registered prior to a food distribution by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Thonyor, Leer state, South Sudan.

Drought doesn't cause famine. People do.

These days, hunger is a political issue spurred on by human conflict.

Drought doesn't cause famine. People do.
A wounded child undergoes medical treatment in Juba, South Sudan, Dec. 28, 2013.

This South Sudanese school trained a medical corps amid civil war. Then the gunmen arrived.

The Kajo Keji Health Training Institute was born out of a dream of improving the health and lives of residents of South Sudan, the world's youngest nation. After gunmen attacked the school last September, it seemed likely to become a casualty of a three-year civil war that has killed tens of thousands of people and sent more than 3 million fleeing from their homes. Now, like hundreds of thousands of South Sudanese, the school is rebuilding across the border in Uganda and waiting for peace to return to South Sudan.

This South Sudanese school trained a medical corps amid civil war. Then the gunmen arrived.
Yemen famine child

The worst humanitarian crisis in decades is happening right now

"Without collective and coordinated global efforts, people will simply starve to death."

The worst humanitarian crisis in decades is happening right now
Refugees at Bidi Bidi refugee settlement in Uganda fill jerrycans at the water tank.

Uganda has been a welcoming place for South Sudan's refugees

South Sudan's refugee crisis seems to be getting worse. But there's reason for optimism, and it all comes down to Uganda’s unusual and progressive refugee policy.

Uganda has been a welcoming place for South Sudan's refugees
Jacqueline, 24, a South Sudanese refugee living in Uganda receives a blessing from her minister.

Photos: South Sudanese refugees struggle to overcome ethnic divisions as they pray for peace

The civil war in South Sudan is becoming one of the world's worst humanitarian crises. For some refugees who've fled into Uganda, ethnic rivalries stoked by the conflict persist. But other South Sudanese are rejecting those divisions and hoping for peace — together.

Photos: South Sudanese refugees struggle to overcome ethnic divisions as they pray for peace
South Sudan famine

South Sudan declares famine; aid groups lament 'man-made' tragedy

Aid agencies said 100,000 people are affected by the famine, which threatens another one million people in the coming months.

South Sudan declares famine; aid groups lament 'man-made' tragedy