Nearly a million and a half children face acute malnutrition in the conflict-ravaged eastern African nation.

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan says more than 1,000 people have been killed and 400 abducted in communal conflicts in the past six months.

South Sudan’s government forces and other armed groups have deliberately starved civilians, UN investigators says, adding there should be enough evidence to try Juba’s forces for "crimes against humanity."

Severe flooding in crisis-hit South Sudan has forced more than 600,000 people to flee their homes since July, the United Nations warned on Friday.

The cargo crash occurred near Juba, the capital city of South Sudan.

The region's youth have been mobilized to help out, working to build temporary dams.

At least 81 people have been killed in the South Sudan following heavy fighting between armed civilians and government forces carrying out a disarmament exercise.

While the Central African country boasts of mineral deposits estimated to be worth trillions of dollars, the wealth has fueled a never-ending war that has left millions dead, hundreds of thousands displaced.

South Sudan's main rivals on Wednesday sealed a deal on control of the country's 10 internal states.

South Sudan’s rebel leader Riek Machar is sworn in for the third time as the country’s first vice president.