South Sudan

Why models from South Sudan, a lush but troubled nation, are sought after by the big fashion brands.

The judge orders the migrants to be kept in US government custody, holding the plane on the tarmac if necessary.

Doctors without Borders (MSF) said its hospital was attacked as fears grow of a return to civil war in South Sudan.

The Vatican's representative to South Sudan says the Pope's memory should be honoured by seeking peace.

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

With the vice-president under arrest there are concerns a political rift could spiral into conflict.

The government initially denied entry to the man, saying he was Congolese, not South Sudanese.

The African nation is "taking advantage" of the US by not accepting its citizens, says the top US diplomat.