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, ...

An aid organization says five children are among eight people who have died from cholera in South Sudan after aid cuts are ...

The reported house arrest of Riek Machar, the former bush rebel leader who became South Sudan's First Vice President, marks ...

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.

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.

The United Nations warned that the detention of Vice President Riek Machar threatens to push the world’s youngest country back into civil war. By Abdi Latif Dahir South Sudan’s vice president ...

Juba — South Sudan's peace agreement lies in tatters after Riek Machar, South Sudan's vice president, was arrested and forcibly detained in Juba yesterday, noting that the reasons for this were ...

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 ...