South Sudan%27s army retook Bor from rebels over the weekend Negotiations continue toward a cease-fire agreement Ugandan troops backed South Sudan%27s army BOR, South Sudan (AP) — Bor, a ...

South Sudan's government had been warning of a looming battle for Bor, at one point saying 25,000 armed youths were moving toward the city.That number was later lowered but enough forces converged ...

BOR, South Sudan (AP) — Bor is a ghost town. Every shop is looted and empty. Bodies lay on the ground, and English-language graffiti curses the ethnic group of President Salva Kiir, a sign of ...

NAIROBI, Kenya—Mutinous troops in South Sudan seized control of a key town and civilians across the country took refuge in United Nations camps, as fighting threatened to engulf Africa's newest ...

NEW: Warring sides in South Sudan agree to peace talks, a U.N. representative says. Rebels and government troops are fighting in Bor and Bentiu towns ...

South Sudan is covered by green swathes of grassland, swamps and tropical forest. Image caption, After gaining independence in 2011, South Sudan is the world's newest country - and one of its poorest.

As we've reported, South Sudan was thrown into chaos when the president accused the vice president of attempting a coup. On Saturday, three CV-22 Ospreys were hit by fire as they approached Bor.

Opposition and government forces swap blame for destroying the town, where local officials say some 2,000 people have been killed since South Sudan plunged into unrest just over five weeks ago.

BOR — Nearly 100,000 people who fled Bor at the height of the fighting in South Sudan have returned in recent weeks, trying to rebuild lives in a city that is only a shadow of what it used to be ...