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Aid organizations fear that Israel is about to deport thousands of asylum-seekers to Sudan now that the two countries have made peace.

The leaders of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front are seeking to manipulate the international community into backing a power-sharing deal that grants it impunity for past crimes and gives it far more future influence over the country than it deserves.

U.N. and relief agencies warn the coronavirus pandemic could leave an even bigger path of destruction in the world’s most vulnerable and conflict-riven countries.

Even as they publicly support the pact, many privately think it is built on a house of cards and will be pulled down by the country’s bloody past.

“You really have to go back to decades ago in the U.S., to Dust Bowl days, to understand just how devastating this can be.”

Another delay won’t help achieve lasting peace. What the world’s youngest country needs is an exit strategy for its old-guard leaders.

Numerous banks and multinationals have hands in shady deals with the new nation’s elites and warlords.

South Sudan was born amid great hope but has since descended into war. It will take a new generation of leaders to make it a successful state.

The move sparked anger among experts, who see the court as critical to peace.

A new study, four years in the making, details the secret global supply chain sidestepping international arms embargoes on South Sudan.

When the world’s newest country broke away from Khartoum, it discarded Sudan’s main official language, too. But casting aside the oppressor’s tongue did not heal the country’s divisions.

Myanmar and Sri Lanka were praised for minimal progress. Now it’s all falling apart.

Its freedom fighters have turned into brutal oppressors, and it is near to becoming another failed state, despondent U.S. supporters say.

The end of economic isolation hasn’t brought a financial windfall or more freedom. Instead, the regime is as strong as ever while ordinary people suffer.

If the U.N. withdraws peacekeepers from a long-contested oil-rich enclave, it's likely to spark further fighting in an already unstable region.

In a proposed aid overhaul, Nikki Haley embraces an “America first” foreign policy.

One diplomat’s stinging resignation letter offers a glimpse into declining morale at the State Department under Trump.

The measures single out the offshore fortunes of top generals and officials.

The sudden exodus from war-torn South Sudan is the largest Africa has seen since the 1994 Rwandan genocide. This is what a nation without civilians looks like.