As the country marks two years of war this week, the question that looms large is whether hope for a democratic future still ...

South Sudan split from the rest of Sudan in 2011 after decades of pro-independence unrest but has struggled to keep the peace in its territory, which is divided along ethnic lines. It plunged into ...

The war ended with a peace agreement that gave southerners the right to vote in an independence referendum, and in 2011, South Sudan became the newest country in the world. SPLM-N, which grew out ...