Some 2,500 Sudanese from the troubled South Kordofan State have arrived in the towns of Kodok and Lelo, in Fashoda and Malakal counties in South Sudan’s Upper Nile state in need of humanitarian assistance. Many of the displaced are women and children. They have walked between five and 10 days, fl...

Several villages in Karen State may soon be hooked up to the electrical grid once a new sub-station comes online, according to an official from the State Electric Power Enterprise. “We are trying to distribute power to Myawady, Kawkareik, Kyondoe, Sukali and Waw Lay Myaing from the 230-kV Mawlam...

Nigeria's president Muhammadu Buhari has ordered a new investigation into the kidnapping of 219 schoolgirls by Islamist group Boko Haram in April 2014 from the town of Chibok, the presidency said on Thursday. A statement said a panel would be announced soon by the National Security Advisor. The d...

"I cannot stop comparing what life was before and what it has now become. Before the conflict, my biggest worry was studying and getting good marks. All of a sudden I found myself in a camp for displaced people queuing for water and food." Our colleague Rocco recently met Rodha sitting with her m...