A squad of 29 specialist police officers, known as the Livestock Patrol Unit (LPU), is ready to deploy in Jonglei state.
South Sudan says it has dealt a major blow to David Yau Yau's rebel group by capturing an airstrip that was the rebels' key arns supply port.
South Sudan and Sudan say they will start this week pulling back their troops from the disputed border between the two countries.
Forced marriage is deeply engrained in South Sudan, and bringing an end to the custom will be a difficult, slow process, rights advocates say.
The secretary general of South Sudan's main opposition party, the SPLM-DC, accuses the exiled party chair of stoking divisions -- and quits.
A spokesman for the army of South Sudan says SPLA soldiers have killed at least 28 members of a rebel group led by David Yau Yau.
Former Real Madrid star Luis Figo of Portugal has been signed to his latest football venture: spearheading a soccer academy in South Sudan.
South Sudanese had until midnight Thursday to register their mobile phone SIM cards with the government -- or have their service cut off.
The World Bank urges South Sudan to give local communities and the poor a say in how project development funds are allocated.
African officials meet in Juba, South Sudan to set up an organization to fight widespread corruption on the continent.
South Sudanese officials blame rebels led by David Yau Yau for an attack on cattle keepers in Jonglei state, in which 103 people died.
South Sudan accuses Khartoum of launching a cross-border attack that killed one SPLA soldier and wounded four others in Upper Nile state
Aid group warns Hepatitis E is spreading in Upper Nile state refugee camp
Ministry of Finance has not paid July salaries to nation’s civil servants
S. Sudan's Human Rights Report harshly criticizes the government for failing to protect its own people
Motorists line up at gas stations
