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

The top United Nations official in South Sudan urged the UN Security Council on Wednesday to use its clout to prevent the ...

South Sudan's main opposition party seeks an international probe into alleged rights abuses in recent fighting that saw ...

There are signs that Kiir is no longer interested in sharing power with ...

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, ...

Vice President of South Sudan Riek Machar [L] and President of South Sudan Salva Kiir [R] attend the the holy mass that Pope Francis [not seen] is presiding over at the John Garang Mausoleum in Juba, ...

A Catholic bishop in the Africa’s youngest country has directed the people under his care to participate in daily prayers for peace amid testimonies of rising tension in South Sudan and reports ...

South Sudan's Vice President Riek Machar is pictured during an interview with Reuters in Rome, Italy in 2019. [Via Reuters] South Sudan’s Vice President Riek Machar, and his wife have been ...

Juba (AFP) – The South Sudan government said on Friday that First Vice President Riek Machar was "under house arrest," two days after he was detained, as a former Kenyan premier arrived in Juba ...

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 ...

(FILES) South Sudanese President Salva Kiir (L), South Sudan's opposition leader Riek Machar (R) and Mohamed Hamdan Daglo (C)"Hemeti", Sudan's deputy head of the Transitional Military Council ...