South Sudan's army said it had recaptured a key town in Upper Nile state that it lost to an ethnic Nuer militia in March in ...

The reported house arrest of Riek Machar, the former bush rebel leader who became South Sudan's First Vice President, marks ...

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 ...

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

South Sudan's military has regained control of Nasir, a critical town in Upper Nile state, amid political turbulence and ...

President Salva Kiir ordered the arrest of First Vice President Riek Machar on Wednesday night, the statement said. Machar’s bodyguards were disarmed and taken away, the statement added.

The United Nations warned that the detention of Vice President Riek Machar threatens to push the world’s youngest country back into civil war. By Abdi Latif Dahir South Sudan’s vice president ...

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 ...

The detention of South Sudan's First Vice-President Riek Machar has effectively collapsed the 2018 peace deal that ended the country's five-year civil war, his party has said. An armed convoy led ...

Riek Machar (L) and Salva Kiir (R) - seen here together in 2020 - had been allies within the SPLM before falling out Rising tensions in the east African country of South Sudan, culminating in the ...

Riek Machar was "in confinement by the government", and his life was "at risk", opposition spokesperson Pal Mai Deng said in a video statement sent to the media on Wednesday night. "His bodyguards ...