First Vice President Riek Machar reportedly arrested after armed convoy entered his residence in the capital, Juba.

A power-sharing deal between Kiir and Machar is unravelling, threatening a return to South Sudan’s bloody civil war.

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

The conflict in neighbouring Sudan is worsening South Sudan’s security and economic woes, the head of the U.N. mission in South Sudan warned on Wednesday, citing a deteriorating situation that risks ...

"The UN warns that this action takes the country ... "It should be clear to all that the people of South Sudan can ill afford to endure the consequences of the civil war," he stressed.

South Sudan was teetering on the edge of renewed civil war, the top UN official in the world’s youngest nation warned on Monday, lamenting the government’s sudden postponement of the latest ...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday warned of a deepening crisis in South Sudan, describing the situation as a "perfect storm" of conflict, humanitarian disaster, and economic collapse.

The top United Nations official in South Sudan is urging the U.N. Security Council to use its clout to prevent the world’s ...

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—Another conflict is looming in the world's youngest country, South Sudan, which gained independence from Sudan in 2011 and saw civil war erupt shortly after its ...

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.

South Sudan's opposition says several of its key political figures were arrested on Tuesday. Just a day earlier, an army base linked to First Vice President Riek Machar was bombed as tensions rise ...

South Sudan is on the verge of another civil war, the UN’s top official in the country warned Monday, citing escalating violence and a stalled peace process. Tensions between President Salva ...