The top United Nations official in South Sudan is urging the U.N. Security Council to use its clout to prevent the world’s ...

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

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

The detention of South Sudan's First Vice President Riek Machar has effectively collapsed the peace deal that ended the 2013-2018 civil war, his party said on Thursday.

First Vice President Riek Machar reportedly arrested after armed convoy entered his residence in the capital, Juba.

Juba — South Sudan's peace agreement lies in tatters after Riek Machar, South Sudan's vice president, was arrested and forcibly detained in Juba yesterday, noting that the reasons for this were ...

March 27 (UPI) --South Sudanese Vice President Riek Machar was arrested and placed under house arrest, his party said. The Sudan People's Liberation Movement in Opposition, or SPLM-IO, said that ...

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 ...

(Reuters) -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 ...

South Sudan's main opposition party has said its leader has been arrested amid warnings of renewed civil war in the world's youngest country. Riek Machar was "in confinement by the government ...