South Sudan

'Beyond Belief.' Facebook Under Fire After a Child Bride Was Auctioned in South Sudan

A rights group called the incident a "barbaric use of technology"

Heavily armed Myanmar soldiers patrol Maungdaw in Rakhine State in October, 2016.

U.S. Sanctions Myanmar General Accused of Carrying Out Ethnic Cleansing Campaign Against Rohingya

12 other "serious human rights abusers and corrupt actors" were also sancti...

12 other "serious human rights abusers and corrupt actors" were also sanctioned

The new head of the World Food Programme (WFP) David Beasley attends a press conference about an updated aid appeal for South Sudan on May 15, 2017 at the United Nations Office in Geneva.

Meet the Former Republican Governor Fighting the Worst Humanitarian Crisis Since 1945

Four simultaneous famines

Whenever I saw him, I hid. I hated to see him, Tahini (in pink) recalls of the early days of her marriage to Mated, when she was 6 and he was 25. The young wife posed for this portrait with former classmate Ghana, also a child bride, outside their mountain home in Hajji, Yemen, in 2010.

Celebrating the Legacy of Anja Niedringhaus

Niedringhaus’ legacy is undoubtedly her photographs but also the courage sh...

Niedringhaus’ legacy is undoubtedly her photographs but also the courage she has ignited in her fellow journalists

A severely malnourished child from the South Sudanese town of Leer receives treatment at the inpatient ward run by International Medical Corps at the Protection of Civilians site in Juba, South Sudan's capital, on March 22, 2016

By the Time Famine is Declared, it’s Already Too Late—and Another Generation is Wounded

The declaration of famine in parts of South Sudan on Feb. 20, the first ann...

The declaration of famine in parts of South Sudan on Feb. 20, the first announcement of its kind in almost six years, is but the beginning of a cascade of similar pronouncements to come. Yemen,...

By the Time We Declare a Famine, It's Already Too Late

And the effects can last for a generation

Soldiers of the Sudan People Liberation Army (SPLA) celebrate while standing in trenches in Lelo, outside Malakal, in northern South Sudan, on Oct. 16, 2016

The World's Youngest Country Is 'on the Brink' of Genocide, Says U.N. Commission

"The stage is being set for a repeat of what happened in Rwanda"

South Sudan

'Beyond Belief.' Facebook Under Fire After a Child Bride Was Auctioned in South Sudan

U.S. Sanctions Myanmar General Accused of Carrying Out Ethnic Cleansing Campaign Against Rohingya

Meet the Former Republican Governor Fighting the Worst Humanitarian Crisis Since 1945

Celebrating the Legacy of Anja Niedringhaus

By the Time Famine is Declared, it’s Already Too Late—and Another Generation is Wounded

By the Time We Declare a Famine, It's Already Too Late

The World's Youngest Country Is 'on the Brink' of Genocide, Says U.N. Commission

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