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

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

South Sudan is going through a critical phase, with tensions escalating between President Salva Kiir and his first vice ...

A group of Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-in-Opposition (SPLM-IO) members in South Sudan’s Northern Bahr el ...

Riek Machar, whose political tensions with President Salva Kiir recently threatened to tip South Sudan back into civil war, ...

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

In a statement seen by Radio Tamazuj, SPLM-IO spokesperson Pal Mai Deng said security forces had arrested Kuec Deng Mayar, ...

The main opposition group in South Sudan has demanded an international investigation into alleged rights abuses by government troops targeting areas loyal to opposition leader Riek Machar. This ...

Kenya’s democracy, while flawed in many respects, still outperforms Uganda’s and Tanzania’s by far. Data from Freedom House ...

That status expires on May 3. The euphoria of independence turned to civil war two years later, when rival factions backing President Salva Kiir and deputy Riek Machar opened fire on each other in ...

Riek Machar, whose political tensions with President Salva Kiir recently threatened to tip South Sudan back into civil war, remained in house arrest as Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-In ...