The government says the statement President Kiir made one week ago was taken out of context and was not meant as a threat against reporters.
Government officials also say they are recalling their negotiating team from Addis Ababa, but lead negotiator Nhial Deng Nhial says he and his team are still at the talks and working towards reaching a peace deal.
Human Rights Watch says it has documented about 60 unlawful killings of men, women, and children, including elderly, as well as 63 rapes and gang rapes
A member of parliament who has not left South Sudan says he and his colleagues often have other duties"outside their constituencies.
In a speech to lawmakers, President Salva Kiir vows to end South Sudan's 19-month conflict 'sooner rather than later'
Emillio Igga, chief administrator of the area that includes Nimule, blames rebels under command of Major General Martin Kenyi for Sunday's violence
At an event to mark World Press Freedom Day, Information Minister Michael Makuei says journalists could be taken to court and jailed for erroneous reporting.
Lawmakers in Jonglei state want their terms, and the tenure of the state's caretaker governor, to be extended by three years.
The would-be alleged attacker who was arrested is a private in South Sudan's army, and has been handed over to commanding officers in Bor.
The leader of a small opposition party in South Sudan says he was blindfolded, bound and beaten during his week in captivity.
Consumers say they are digging deeper and deeper into their pockets to pay for everyday foods like bread, and getting less for their money.
Days before he was taken from his home by unidentified men, opposition politician Peter Mayen Majongdit published a statement criticizing the government in a South Sudan newspaper.
Lul Ruai Koang, who until Tuesday was the military spokesman for Riek Machar's rebel group, was met at the airport by another former rebel, David Yau Yau
Opposition lawmakers say in a lawsuit that holding a vote in June would violate the transitional constitution and exclude people in parts of the country that are at war.
Under the terms of the agreement brokered by regional bloc IGAD, the transitional government will remain in power for 30 months and elections, currently set for June 30, will be postponed.
Caretaker governor of Northern Bahr el Ghazal is refusing to step down, saying lawmakers' attempt to get him to leave office violates state's constitution
Members of the SPLM hail the agreement, signed in Arusha, Tanzania, as a step toward a lasting peace deal for South Sudan.
Officials from different factions of the SPLM, which overwhelmingly dominates South Sudan politics, have been holding talks in Arusha, Tanzania since October to try to iron out their differences.
President Salva Kiir names David Deng Athorbei head of the finance ministry, and moves the current finance minister, Tisa Aggrey Sabuni, to a presidential advisory position.
The U.N. humanitarian coordinator in South Sudan, Toby Lanzer, calls for international help for South Sudan but says it's up to the people of the country to end the year-long conflict and rebuild the world's newest nation.
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