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NAIROBI, Kenya — Few countries have invested as much goodwill and diplomatic energy in the birth of South Sudan as the United States. And few presidents have tied their legacies more tightly to the fledgling nation than George W. Bush, for whom the…

Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir will visit South Sudan Monday, state radio said, as negotiators in Ethiopia prepared formal ceasefire talks over three weeks of fighting in the world’s youngest country. Radio Omdurman said Sunday that Bashir would meet…

Face-to-face peace talks between South Sudan’s warring factions are set to begin in earnest Sunday, with artillery fire in Juba’s government district underlining the risk of a slide into all-out civil war. US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday…

Face-to-face talks between warring parties in South Sudan have been delayed, government and rebel delegations said on Saturday, dashing hopes of a swift ceasefire to end raging battles and risks of all-out civil war. South Sudan Information Minister…

Rebels and government forces in Sudan’s South Kordofan state have clashed again south of a railway town the insurgents briefly occupied last month, both sides said on Monday. Fighting in the state has intensified since early November, at the start of…