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. The U.N. peacekeeping mission ...

Sudanese Chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah Al Burhan held a phone call on ...

The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLA-IO) party has warned that South Sudan is at risk of descending back into war following the reported arrest of First Vice President Dr Riek ...

Juba, SOUTH SUDAN: Germany has temporarily closed its embassy in South Sudan’s capital, Juba, saying Africa’s newest country ...

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Experts say Uganda’s involvement inflames tensions COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT REPORTERS & AGENCIES | The entry of soldiers of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) into South Sudan in support ...

South Sudan’s Vice President Riek Machar has been placed under house arrest, his SPLM-IO party said on Thursday.In response, the peace agreement with President Salva Kiir Mayardit’s SPLM party has ...

Berlin says it is temporarily shuttering its embassy in South Sudan amid safety concerns over a deteriorating security ...

Church leaders in South Sudan urged its people to reject war, warning that renewed violence threatened the world’s youngest ...

A major party in South Sudan's coalition government said on Tuesday it had suspended its role in a key element of a 2018 peace deal as relations between its leader Riek Machar and President Salva Kiir ...

"This (Thursday) morning, I spoke with President Salva Kiir Mayardit of South Sudan and First Vice President Riek Machar about the escalating security situation in the country," Ruto said.

The recent conflict is rooted in repeated extensions of the transition timeframe and enduring political and security problems ...