The president of South Sudan has arrested his vice president, according to a statement released by the vice president’s party on Thursday, threatening to plunge the oil-rich but deeply impoverished ...

An armed convoy led by top security officials, including the defence minister, entered Machar's residence in the capital, ...

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

The businessman Bel Mol — who is on US sanctions lists for money laundering — was recently named second vice president. Machar's arrest comes just days after the UN warned that South Sudan was ...

By Abdi Latif Dahir South Sudan’s vice president, Riek Machar, has been placed under house arrest, according to his party, escalating tensions that the United Nations has warned are pushing the ...

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

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

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

March 27 (UPI) --South Sudanese Vice President Riek Machar was arrested and placed under house arrest, his party said. The Sudan People's Liberation Movement in Opposition, or SPLM-IO, said that ...

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

South Sudan Says Arrested VP Machar Tried to Stir Rebellion NAIROBI (Reuters) -South Sudan's First Vice President Riek Machar is under arrest and will be investigated on charges of trying to stir ...

NAIROBI (Reuters) -South Sudan's First Vice President Riek Machar is under arrest and will be investigated on charges of trying to stir up rebellion, the government said on Friday, the first ...