African Union mediators landed in South Sudan’s capital, Juba, on Wednesday for urgent talks aimed at preventing a return to ...

Tensions are rising in the oil-rich east African nation of South Sudan after Riek Machar who serves as a vice president was ...

South Sudan's First Vice President Riek Machar is under arrest and will be investigated on charges of trying to stir up ...

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

Kenya’s Foreign Affairs Ministry rejected reports of a rift with South Sudan, with PS Korir Sing’Oei stating there was not an ...

(Reuters) - The detention of South Sudan's First Vice President Riek Machar has effectively collapsed the peace deal that ended the 2013-2018 civil war, his party said on Thursday. The U.N ...

Armed soldiers placed Riek Machar under house arrest, his party officials say, risking collapse of South Sudan’s peace ...

South Sudan's First Vice President Riek Machar, the long-time rival to President Salva Kiir, was arrested on Wednesday, March 26 – a move described by the United Nations as leaving the country ...

Fears of Civil War in South Sudan Stem From Political Rivalry Between the President and His Deputy KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Tensions are rising in the oil-rich east African nation of South Sudan ...

FILE - South Sudan's president Salva Kiir, left, and vice-president Riek Machar, right, shake hands after meetings to discuss outstanding issues to the peace deal on Oct. 20, 2019.

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Tensions are rising in the oil-rich east African nation of South Sudan after Riek Machar, who serves as one of the country’s vice presidents, was arrested in the capital.