He was a pope who understood the power of a simple touch: caressing the deformed head of a man in St.<a ...

Pope Francis charmed the world with those poignant acts of love, humility and informality, starting with his first appearance ...

South Sudan's army said it had recaptured a key town in Upper Nile state that it lost to an ethnic Nuer militia in March in ...

With Pope Francis's death on Easter Monday, focus is on the selection of next Pope Pope Francis looks on during a meeting ...

Fighting between rival forces resumes in South Sudan, while a full-scale civil war rages in neighbouring Sudan.

As the war in Sudan entered its third year, the country is facing the biggest humanitarian crisis in the world ...

South Sudan was teetering on the edge of renewed civil war, the top UN official in the world’s youngest nation warned on Monday, lamenting the government’s sudden postponement of the latest ...

As the country marks two years of war this week, the question that looms large is whether hope for a democratic future still ...

The top United Nations official in South Sudan is urging the U.N. Security Council to use its clout to prevent the world’s ...

A Newsweek-created graphic shows the various travel advisories currently in place across Africa, including the no-go zones.

Two years on, the war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has created the world’s ...

As Sudan marks two years since the outbreak of war, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) warns of unprecedented humanitarian disaster and failed diplomacy. With millions displaced and famine ...