The United States has ordered its non-emergency government personnel in South Sudan to leave the country because of security concerns, the State Department said on Sunday. "Armed conflict is ongoing and includes fighting between various political and ethnic groups.

South Sudan’s ruling coalition had been a loose arrangement meant to patch up peace in

JUBA, March 9 (Xinhua) -- South Sudan peace monitors on Sunday called for speedy investigations into the violence in Upper Nile State and the attack on a UN helicopter on Friday that led to the death of a UN personnel and dozens of soldiers.

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South Sudan is in "alarming regression" as clashes in recent weeks in the northeast threaten to undo years of progress towards peace, the UN commission on human rights in the country warned on Saturday.