The Government of South Sudan on Monday rejected claims made by Kenyan Special Envoy Raila Odinga regarding the status of ...

Odinga, who was sent by President William Ruto to assess rising tensions in South Sudan, met with Kiir on Friday, March 29, ...

Tensions are rising in the oil-rich east African nation of South Sudan after Riek Machar who serves as a vice president was ...

South Sudan’s main opposition party said its leader Riek Machar has been arrested as the U.N. called on all parties to uphold ...

Former rebel leader Riek Machar, left, meets Kiir in Juba, South Sudan, on October 19, 2019, four months before he resumed office as vice president [Jok Solomun/Reuters] While violence in South ...

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan’s main opposition party said Thursday a peace agreement that ended a five-year civil war has collapsed, following the arrest of its leader Riek Machar a ...

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan’s main opposition party said its leader Riek Machar has been arrested as the U.N. called on all parties to uphold the 2018 agreement that ended the country ...

Machar's SPLM-IO party said South Sudan's defence minister and its chief of national security "forcefully entered" Machar's residence in the capital, Juba, on Wednesday evening to deliver an ...

First Vice President Riek Machar reportedly arrested after armed convoy led by government officials entered his residence in the capital, Juba. Former rebel leader and South Sudan's First Vice ...

Watch moreUN says South Sudan leaders fuelling violence and instability Machar's party says a military base and two military training centres around Juba have been attacked by government forces ...

On Saturday, the German government temporarily closed its embassy in the capital Juba. "After years of fragile peace, South Sudan is once again on the brink of civil war," German Foreign Minister ...