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 ...

The Department of State updated its Travel Advisory for South Sudan on March 8 ... AllAfrica is a voice of, by and about Africa - aggregating, producing and distributing 500 news and information ...

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 ...

Germany is temporarily closing its embassy in South Sudan due to the worsening conflict. Why does a nation that sought independence to avoid conflict with Sudan now find itself in another war?

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 ...