South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has reshuffled the ruling party's senior leadership amidst fresh fighting and speculation about succession plans. Prominent ally, Second Vice President Benjamin Bol Mel,

Sudan’s army says it may be forced to shut down facilities used to export oil from South Sudan as a result of the war.

The United States once cheered the creation of South Sudan as an independent nation. Now the U.S. is being asked to explain why it appears to be deporting migrants from as far away as Vietnam to a chaotic country that's once again in danger of collapsing into civil war.

South Sudan’s authorities have yet to bring to justice those responsible for brutal and fatal attacks on civilians three years ago in southern Unity state.

After years of gradual progress toward stability, a succession battle is pushing the country to the precipice of another full-blown civil war.