In the 1980s, before the country gained independence from Sudan, Machar was a senior commander in the Sudan People’s ...

FILE PHOTO: South Sudan's First Vice President Riek Machar takes the oath of office at the State House in Juba (Reuters) -The reported house arrest of Riek Machar, the former bush rebel leader who ...

JUBA, South Sudan, December 8 (UNHCR) - "I am here now because we have been attacked many times by other tribes. They stole our cattle, they stole our clothes - they even stole our kitchen utensils," ...

This ideology has systematically undermined the promise of a democratic South Sudan. Political, military, and economic ...

He laughs about it now, but it was not funny for 31-year-old John Garang the day he was going to pay for four friends' dinner and reached into his pockets to find a credit card and not enough cash.

FILE PHOTO: South Sudan's Vice President Riek Machar addresses a news conference in Juba (Reuters) -South Sudan's opposition has accused the government of trying to enforce "authoritarian control and ...

Fears of a bloody birth for the world’s newest country, South Sudan, are becoming ever more real after weeks of battles between its autonomous government and their opponents. Hundreds have died in ...

In July 2011, U.S. President Barack Obama welcomed the birth of South Sudan, a nation that emerged free of its northern neighbor after decades of war and millions of lives lost and ruined. “This ...

(Reuters) -South Sudan's opposition has accused the government of trying to enforce "authoritarian control and one-tribe rule" after First Vice President Riek Machar was charged with orchestrating ...