Juba

I won't waste more words here except to say that I hope I've captured some of that ordinary life in a way that paints a broader picture of the two countries beyond the strife.

National identity provides foundational strength for a country, for it defines that unique metaphoric construct for collective belief in the nation not only as a physical place, but as a collectively held idea.

WASHINGTON -- The United States on Saturday recognized the Republic of South Sudan, the world's newest nation, as a sovereign and independent state. ...

The northern Sudanese army has occupied Abyei, a disputed territory that sits on the north-south Sudanese border, forcing thousands of residents to flee, increasing antagonism between North and South, and risking renewed conflict.

I am here to witness and understand what will happen here in the months to happen -- and to try and grasp what it will take on a human and political level.

JUBA, Sudan -- As world capitals go, this surely would rank among the more modest. No grand boulevards; only a few two-lane roads. No commanding monum...

A borrowed compound of non-descript, low-slung buildings that surround a hardscrabble courtyard would not win many converts were it on a college tour of high school juniors in the US. But to a few hundred Sudanese, it looks like Harvard yard.

Several members of congress support a bill that would oblige the White House to develop a detailed strategy to protect civilians from the brutal Lord's Resistance Army in east and central Africa.

This is a crucial time for Southern Sudan. Just four years after the peace agreement, progress has all but stalled, as conditions remain disastrous for the population at large.