NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Brittney Denise Sparks of Sudan Archives about her new album The BPM. She talks about how discovering the electric violin in her teens changed things for her.

On her new album, “The BPM,” the songwriter, fiddler and rapper pumps up the beat and crafts a timely narrative about humans and machines.

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon –Bishop Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala of Tombura–Yambio in South Sudan has penned a heartfelt pastoral letter to the faithful of two Catholic parishes caught up in a recent cycle of ...

On Monday, the treason trial of First Vice President Riek Machar opened. It followed a bloody weekend in which at least 48 people were killed and more than 150 wounded in clashes between government ...

Jennifer Howard holds a sign protesting the sale of her church outside the House of God Church in Pompano Beach. Members of South Florida congregations organized the protest after learning that ...

MABAN, South Sudan (AP) — The hunger crisis in South Sudan is getting worse. About 2.3 million children under the age of 5 require treatment for acute malnutrition, the U.N. has said, with over ...

In June 2023, the Government of the Republic of South Sudan launched the South Sudan Productive Safety Net for Socioeconomic Opportunities Project (SNSOP), locally known as ‘Shabaka Meisha,’ a $199 ...

UN investigators uncovered $2.2 billion in diverted funds under South Sudan’s “Oil for Roads” program, with over 90% of promised infrastructure never delivered. The nation remains heavily dependent on ...

The United Nations has published a scathing report on South Sudan, accusing President Salva Kiir of plundering the oil wealth of Africa's youngest country in order to maintain his grip on power and ...

(Nairobi) – South Sudanese authorities should uphold due process for the opposition leader and First Vice President Riek Machar, other opposition members, and affiliates facing charges, and ensure ...

Sudan's 2 million Christians face severe persecution and food shortages during the civil war, with some forced to eat animal feed and grass to survive.

South Sudan’s vice president, Riek Machar, was charged Thursday with murder, treason, and crimes against humanity. Justice Minister Geng Akech accused him of directing ethnic militias in deadly ...