South Sudan has faced a decade of civil war and years of poverty. CBS News foreign correspondent Chris Livesay reports from Juba, South Sudan, with the latest on the pope's mission.

The economic costs of drought could rise by more than one-third in the next 10 years without urgent reforms to water policies and irrigation systems, especially in resource-limited countries, ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Five children were among eight people who died from cholera in South Sudan after aid cuts are forcing patients to walk for hours to the nearest clinics, an aid organization ...

While accurate recent figures on desertification and drought in Sudan are difficult to ascertain amid the current conflict, a study, published in the ARPN Journal of Science and Technology in 2015 ...

Severe drought and ongoing violence in East Africa has put 8.7 million people in Somalia and South Sudan at risk of severe food insecurity. The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is calling for ...

Here's what you need to know about what’s going on in Sudan and South Sudan, and the difference between the two countries.

It’s been a dry winter in South Florida, and the coming months will likely make it a very dry spring. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, South Florida is currently experiencing “severe ...

Brown lawns and parched plants are starting to crop up across South Florida. According to the National Weather Service, much of South Florida is experiencing “moderate drought,” while the ...

Coffee’s history in South Sudan Unlike neighboring Ethiopia or Uganda, oil-rich South Sudan has never been known as a coffee-producing nation.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Another conflict is looming in the world's youngest country, South Sudan, which gained independence from Sudan in 2011 and saw civil war erupt shortly after its ...

The drought in South America is now into its second year. Amanda Perobelli/Reuters The air quality has improved, but the wildfire effects are inescapable.

A team of independent famine experts, working under the U.N. umbrella, believe Sudan is experiencing famine. But issuing a declaration — which could bring in more aid — turns out to be ...