In 1956, Britain and Egypt relinquished their colonial control over Sudan, forming the newly independent Republic of Sudan. After independence, internal divisions between the wealthier north and ...

Turabi later breaks ranks ... South Sudan declares independence in 2011. * 2019. Bashir is toppled after a popular uprising. This is followed by a period of rising tension between the army and ...

Last week, Igad Executive Secretary Workneh Gebeyehu called for restraint and dialogue to defuse rising tensions in South ...

Ugandan special forces have been deployed to South Sudan's capital Juba, the Ugandan army chief said Tuesday, after rising tensions threatened a fragile peace agreement between President Salva ...

Sudan, which has been in the grip of a two-year-old war between the army and a paramilitary group, has a history of civil ...