5 million need urgent assistance while 100,000 are ‘nearly starving’
Airstrikes target militants following suicide bombings
Jamie Dean | Years of suffering and violence led to the creation of South Sudan in 2011. Now more fighting threatens to kill it. The story of how a young republic escaped Christian persecution, then quickly devolved into civil war, is an ongoing drama marked by danger
James Woolsey abruptly steps down after Coats appointment
Commission wants African Union court to begin prosecuting war crimes
The UN warns conditions could deteriorate by next year
Reports say government forces plan to target civilians
The mission marks Japan’s first external deployment with expanded powers in nearly 70 years
UN official last week warned of genocide in ongoing civil war
Investigation blames peacekeepers for failing to act when warring factions attacked aid worker compound
