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 rebellion, the government said on Friday, the first confirmation of a detention ...

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 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 ...

The United States on Thursday called on South Sudan President Salva Kiir to release his rival First Vice President Riek Machar who his party says is under house arrest, as the United Nations warned ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

South Sudan VP Machar's Party Trying to Locate Him After Arrest Warrant Issued (Reuters) -The party of South Sudan's First Vice President Riek Machar said on Wednesday it was trying to locate him ...

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 ...