COMMENT: Writing exclusively for The Independent, former Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby recalls his meetings with Pope ...

The top United Nations official in South Sudan urged the UN Security Council on Wednesday to use its clout to prevent the world’s newest nation from again plunging into civil war.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The top United Nations official in South Sudan urged the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday to use its ...

These have been fuelled by ethnic divisions – Kiir is Dinka, while Machar is Nuer – and competing political ambitions. When Kiir sacked Machar in 2013, triggering the civil war, Machar ...

The Dallas Mavericks (38-41) host the Los Angeles Lakers (48-31) in a Western Conference matchup on Wednesday as Luka Doncic returns to Dallas for the first time. The Mavs are fighting for a play ...

As the two SPLM factions are closely aligned with South Sudan’s two largest ethnic groups – Kiir with the Dinka and Machar with the Nuer – ethnic violence could escalate. South Sudan also risks being ...

The UEFA Champions League is in the quarterfinals and on Wednesday, April 9 there is a first leg matchup between Aston Villa and Paris Saint-Germain at Parc des Princes in Paris. The match is ...

This is largely because the militia group primarily recruits from the Nuer ethnic group, which Machar belongs to. However, at the centre of these latest tensions – fanned by a slow peace ...

Daniel Nuer, the Acting Director of the Ministry of Finance’s Revenue Policy Division, has shared during the UK-Ghana Chamber of Commerce (UKGCC) and PwC Ghana’s webinar on “Tax Updates in ...

This conflict can be traced back to historical tensions between the Nuer and Dinka communities, worsened by the 1991 split of the Sudanese People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM), a political party. After ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- The Golden State Warriors host the Denver Nuggets today – April 4 – as the two teams jockey for playoff position in the Western Conference. The game will be broadcast ...

The conflict, rooted in political and ethnic tensions which were deliberately inflamed by Omar al-Bashir's Sudanese government's divide-and-conquer strategy to split the Nuer and Dinka tribes prior to ...