South Sudan

8 people were on board plane that crashes shortly after taking off from airport in country’s capital

Govt official says it is in contravention of International Health Regulations

After an agreement between protest leaders and rebels to end their differences over the accord signed in Khartoum

A rights group on Wednesday accused the government of South Sudan and its allied militias of war crimes

A small aircraft carrying passengers from Juba International Airport to the city of Yirol crashed

"Many people are called by their disability rather than by their name. Having a disability is a massive stigma"

The United States accuses South Sudanese officials of obstructing peace

Draft resolution to renew the mandate of the UN peacekeeping mission for a year

The charity organisation is accused of inaction over abuse being perpetrated by aid workers stationed overseas

This would leave Israel, Egypt and North Korea as the only countries yet to join the arms treaty

Oil-rich South Sudan dissolved into civil war in 2013 and is riven by rivalry between rebels, military and militias

Only 700,000 school-aged children out of a total of 2.5 million attend classes, UNICEF says

Government troops targeted civilians on ethnic grounds and displaced more than 100,000

The Anglican church is administered since 2011 split following a civil war that left more than two million people dead

25-year-old Ayaz Hussain Jamali is supposed to get married next month

It was not clear how many passengers were on board or if there were any deaths

The minister of Labour sent a one-page letter saying he will join the rebellion of former vice president Riek Machar

President Salva Kiir has called on arch-rival Riek Machar to meet for talks to salvage peace

Gunfire erupted on Friday evening near the state house where President Kiir and Vice President were meeting for talks

Peace doves released, and after Machar was sworn into office, two men stood alongside each other with hands on hearts

Machar was to return to Juba on April 18 to take up the post of first vice president alongside President Salva Kiir

South Sudan's best hope to end over two years of war risks collapse after rebel chief Riek Machar fails to return

Ban made the comments in telephone calls with President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar

The attack took place on Friday in the Horn of Africa nation's Gambela region

The incident has been referred to the African Union commission

The Murle, a tribe from South Sudan based in the western state of Jonglei, often stage raids to steal cattle

Most of the youth also raided cattle, stole personal property as a form of payment, report adds

The border was closed in 2011 when relations deteriorated after the south seceded following a long civil war

Fighting continues despite peace agreement in August

The conflict has reopened ethnic fault lines that pit Kiir's Dinka people against Machar's ethnic Nuer people