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

The United Nations warned that the detention of Vice President Riek Machar threatens to push the world’s youngest country ...

UN Secretary-General António Guterres said the arrest of VP Riek Marchar saying it brings South Sudan "closer" to civil war.

The recent outbreak of violence in South Sudan doesn’t appear to have been motivated by political directives from the country ...

The arrest of Vice President Riek Machar could trigger a new wave of fighting in Africa's youngest nation. Analysts are ...

South Sudan is on the brink of a renewed civil war as violence between rival factions escalates, the United Nations has ...

The latest tensions have erupted in the north, where government forces are clashing with a militia known as the White Army, ...

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has sacked the governor of northeastern Upper Nile state where clashes have escalated ...