The detention of South Sudan's First Vice President Riek Machar has effectively collapsed the peace deal that ended the ...

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

South Sudan's First Vice President Riek Machar is under arrest and will be investigated on charges of trying to stir up ...

A Catholic bishop in the Africa’s youngest country has directed the people under his care to participate in daily prayers for peace amid testimonies of rising tension in South Sudan and reports ...

South Sudan’s main opposition party says a peace agreement that ended a five-year civil war has collapsed, following the ...

By Abdi Latif Dahir South Sudan’s vice president ... came days after he wrote a strongly worded letter to the U.N. and African Union expressing concern over the deployment of Ugandan troops ...

The United Nations chief is urging regional and international leaders to prevent South Sudan from falling 'over the abyss' ...

The arrest of Vice President Riek Machar could trigger a new wave of fighting in Africa's youngest nation ... for peace in the fragile country. In South Sudan, the world's youngest country ...

Riek Machar, South Sudan's First Vice President and President Salva Kiir's enduring rival, was arrested on Wednesday on "unclear charges", marking a dramatic escalation to a weeks-long conflict ...

March 27 (UPI) --South Sudanese Vice President Riek Machar was arrested and placed under house arrest, his party said. The Sudan ... State Department's Bureau of African Affairs said Wednesday ...

The UN and African nations expressed fear that the ... said he would dispatch a special envoy to help defuse tensions. South Sudan's main opposition party said on Thursday that a 2018 peace ...

South Africa looks set for much better growth in 2025 thanks to increased spending and investment, according to analysts at Absa, though a cooling of relations with the US may dim the outlook.