South Sudan coach Royal Ivey was highly critical of the officiating as his side's Olympic basketball dreams came to an end as they failed to qualify for the men's quarter-finals in a heartbreaking loss to Serbia.

Seven years into its independence, the youngest country in the world still remains one of the most violent.

At least 170 people die after an oil tanker exploded in South Sudan, a presidential spokesman said.

South Sudan's army and allied militias "abducted, torched and gang-raped girls" during fighting against rebel forces, a UN report says.

Hundreds of boys in South Sudan have been kidnapped and are forced to become child soldiers