Several allies of Vice President Machar arrested as soldiers surround his Juba home in latest threat to 2018 peace deal.

Spokespersons for Machar’s SPLM-IO party condemned the crackdown, calling it a violation of the peace agreement. They also ...

South Sudan, the world's youngest country, ended a five-year civil war in 2018 with a power-sharing agreement between rivals Kiir and Machar. But Kiir's allies have accused Machar's forces of ...

“South Sudan’s stability is integral to the peace and security of our wider region,” he said. The Somali leader assured both Kiir and Machar that regional talks are underway to support South ...

Violence in South Sudan has escalated, threatening a fragile peace deal between the country's top two leaders. President Salva Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar signed a peace deal in 2018 to ...

South Sudan -- South Sudanese soldiers surrounded Vice President Riek Machar's home in the capital on Wednesday and several of his allies were arrested after an armed group allied to him overrun ...

South Sudan’s president, Salva Kiir, this week ordered a series of high-level arrests and dismissals of political and army figures as tensions between him and Vice President Riek Machar – a ...

Nairobi — President William Ruto has urged South Sudan President Salva Kiir and the first Vice President Riek Machar to engage in dialogue in a bid to foster peace. In a statement, the President ...

A crew member was killed and two others were injured when a United Nations helicopter on an evacuation mission in a remote ...

South Sudanese forces have arrested the petroleum minister and several senior military officials allied with First Vice President Riek Machar as soldiers surrounded his home in the capital, Juba.