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.

African countries had 14 of the world’s 67 heat extreme events last year, and several had at least three months of hotter ...

South Asia is highly vulnerable to climate change. Average temperatures have been rising throughout the region, and rainfall has become more erratic. These changes are projected to continue accruing ...

Amid battles and food insecurity across Sudan, many people are turning to weeds and wild plants to sustain them.

The United Nations peacekeeping chief has warned that the conflict in Sudan is spilling across its southwest border into ...

Livelihood diversity wasn't just a feature of ancient African societies; it was key to survival. New research covering millennia of African history reveals that livelihood diversification enabled ...

The Global Peace Index ranks DRC and Sudan among the world’s five least peaceful ...

In South Sudan, 63,000 people are similarly threatened in a country where more than half of the population is already food insecure. In Haiti, gang violence-driven displacement and food inflation is ...

South Carolina’s summer morning lows now average over 72 degrees, up 4.4 degrees since 1970. Climate Central data show similar trends across the U.S.

The World Bank’s report shows that while South Asian households and firms are adapting to climate change, their efforts remain basic due to financial, informational, and institutional barriers. It ...

South Sudan is once again on the brink of full-scale humanitarian catastrophe, propelled by conflict, attacks on civilians and humanitarian infrastructure, and political turmoil.

Conflicts in Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan, Ethiopia, and Burkina Faso are among the five most likely to escalate globally in the coming year. “Ethiopia, eastern DRC, and South Sudan have ...