South Sudan is admittedly a frustrating portfolio for policymakers. The country’s leadership is corrupt and unreliable. Too ...

Mediators from the African Union have arrived in South Sudan to prevent a new civil war following the house arrest of First Vice President Riek Machar. President Kiir accuses Machar of inciting ...

African Union mediators arrived in South Sudan's capital Juba on Wednesday for talks aimed at averting a new civil war after ...

Kenya's Special Envoy to South Sudan, Raila Odinga, has revealed that he was denied access to South Sudan's First Vice President, Riek Machar, who is currently under house arrest following a deadly ...

Amnesty International expressed concerns on Tuesday about the lack of political will in South Sudan to address ongoing violations of international human rights law amid escalating violence from both ...

Clashes have broken out between forces loyal to South Sudan’s opposition leader Riek Machar and government troops in Tonga, Panyikang County, according to a local official.

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

He is accused of being implicated in fighting between the military and the White Army, an ethnic Nuer militant organisation, in Nasir, Upper Nile State this month, senior SPLM-IO official Reath ...

The United States on Thursday called on South Sudan President Salva Kiir to release his rival First Vice President Riek ...

In response to the fighting since late February in the northeastern Upper Nile State, Kiir's government has detained several officials from Machar's party, including the petroleum minister and the ...

But tensions have been increasing between Kiir’s and Machar’s parties, and they escalated in March when the White Army, an armed group loyal to Machar, overran an army base in Upper Nile state ...

Archaeologists have discovered the large limestone burial chamber of an unidentified ancient Egyptian pharaoh near the city ...