The head of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) called Wednesday for President Salva Kiir and First Vice President Riek Machar to meet and make a public commitment to avoiding renewed civil war.

South Sudan is on the brink of a renewed civil war as violence between rival factions escalates, the United Nations has ...

The top U.N. official in South Sudan is warning that the country is teetering on the edge of renewed civil war UNITED NATIONS ...

South Sudan’s main opposition party says a peace agreement that ended a five-year civil war has collapsed, following the ...

Riek Machar, South Sudan's First Vice President and President Salva Kiir's enduring rival, was arrested on Wednesday on ...

UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations chief urged regional and international leaders Friday to prevent South Sudan from falling “over the abyss” into another civil war and speak with one voice ...

Barrel bombs believed to contain a highly flammable liquid have been used in airstrikes in South Sudan as escalating violence ...

The detention of South Sudan's First Vice-President ... The United Nations had already warned that the violence in Nasir, around 450 kilometres northeast of Juba, and a rise in hate speech ...

South Sudan is teetering on the brink of a return to full-scale civil war as violence escalates and political tensions deepen ...

UNITED NATIONS ... vice president, Riek Machar, are willing to engage “and put the interests of their people ahead of their own.” There were high hopes when oil-rich South Sudan gained ...