Mysterious Hemorrhagic Fever Outbreak Stumps Disease Detectives
There's fever. And unexplained bleeding. Like Ebola. But tests show that the 51 cases in South Sudan are definitely not Ebola.
South Sudan
Reporter's Notebook: 'Embedded' With Doctors Without Borders
Correspondent Jason Beaubien talks about his week at the Doctors Without Borders hospital in South Sudan.
Five Days And Five Nights With Doctors Without Borders
They're in a crowded refugee camp, running the only hospital in a war-torn corner of South Sudan.
South Sudanese Gunmen Kill At Least 140 Civilians In Ethiopia, Government Says
An Ethiopian official said "bandits" who crossed over the border from South Sudan were responsible, and said Ethiopian troops are pursuing the attackers.
In South Sudan, A Struggle To Get, And Keep, Kids In Schools
Nearly 2 million school-age children live in South Sudan, but more than half don't attend school. Violence, displacement, destroyed schools and a shortage of teachers are all part of the problem.
South Sudan Soldiers Suffocated 60-Plus Men And Boys, Report Says
The massacre reportedly occurred at a church compound, where the victims were forced into a shipping container. Amnesty International is calling it a "war crime."
Nothing Is Going Right In The World's Newest Nation
A U.N. camp for displaced persons tells the story of South Sudan's woes. Its 120,000 residents, mostly kids, came to escape civil war violence and a growing food crisis.
Living In A Camp By A Ruined City, They're Strangers In Their Own Land
U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon is urging both sides in the South Sudanese civil war to resolve their differences. In the meantime, some 2 million people are living in limbo in the brutalized nation.
U.N. Apologizes For Failing To Protect S. Sudan Civilians In Attack That Killed 18
"We are really sorry and sorry is an understatement," a U.N. spokesman told a South Sudanese radio station. The violence at the camp in Malakal, which is managed by the U.N., erupted on Feb. 17.
U.N. Bases Turn Into Cities For Desperate And Displaced In South Sudan
Two years ago, the United Nations made a spur-of-the-moment decision to open its bases to hundreds of thousands who sought refuge from war. Today, those bases resemble permanent communities.