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

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

The United Nations warned that the detention of Vice President Riek Machar threatens to push the world’s youngest country ...

The reported house arrest of Riek Machar, the former bush rebel leader who became South Sudan's First Vice President, marks the latest turn in the turbulent relationship with his rival, President ...

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

The papers said that Machar was removed from the vice presidency and under arrest. Machar purportedly rejected the documents and refused a request to officially resign. Machar was then relieved of his ...

The detention of South Sudan's First Vice President Riek Machar has effectively collapsed the peace deal that ended the ...

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

Stephen Par Kuol was named interim chairman in the controversial decision arrived at during a meeting largely boycotted by ...

Mr Machar was "in confinement by the government" and his life was "at risk" after "heavily armed vehicles forcefully entered his residence", the party says.

No explanation was given for the sacking of Foreign Minister Ramadan Mohamed, which was announced on the state radio station late on Wednesday. The move follows a row with Washington over Juba's ...

Government forces placed Machar and his wife, Interior Minister, Angelina Teny, under house arrest on 26 March, a move ...