The main opposition group in South Sudan has demanded an international investigation into alleged rights abuses by government troops targeting areas loyal to opposition leader Riek Machar. This ...

South Sudan’s main opposition party seeks an international probe into alleged rights abuses in recent fighting that saw ...

President Yoweri Museveni dashed to South Sudan in early April for a quick meeting with his South Sudan counterpart, Salva Kiir, due to mounting fears of an escalation that could plunge the fragile ...

That status expires on May 3. The euphoria of independence turned to civil war two years later, when rival factions backing President Salva Kiir and deputy Riek Machar opened fire on each other in ...

Two days of attacks by the Rapid Support Forces militia Friday and Saturday killed more than 100 in the Darfur region of ...

Rising tensions in the east African country of South Sudan, culminating in the 26 March arrest of Vice-President Riek Machar, ...

European countries have raised concerns over rising political tensions and the fragile peace process in South Sudan.

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir replaced the foreign minister amid a migration row with the U.S., appointing Monday Simaya Kumba. Meanwhile, the SPLM-IO replaced its chairman Riek Machar with ...

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has replaced its foreign minister with his deputy, Monday Simaya Kumba, state media ...

South Sudan's opposition party split on Wednesday, complicating an already fractured political environment as its leader ...

Riek Machar, whose political tensions with President Salva Kiir recently threatened to tip South Sudan back into civil war, ...

Join our Whatsapp channel JUBA: The government of South Sudan said on Friday that First Vice President Riek Machar was “under house arrest”, two days after he was detained, as a former Kenyan ...