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

The top U.N. official in South Sudan is warning that the country is teetering on the edge of renewed civil war.

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

When South Sudan declared independence from Sudan in 2011 to a chorus of worldwide congratulations and celebrations, ...

An attack on a U.N. helicopter has highlighted rising tensions in the world’s youngest country, where a seven-year-old peace ...

(Reuters) - The reported house arrest of Riek Machar, the former bush rebel leader who became South Sudan's First Vice ... nation fractured along ethnic lines with Kiir leading largely Dinka ...

Building tension and violence threatens to unravel the peace deal that halted ethnic conflict in 2018. South Sudan's President Salva Kiir, right, and Vice President Riek Machar, left, agreed to a ...

In the early years of South Sudan’s independence, peace processes failed to address long-standing grievances and widespread disenfranchisement. Weak governance and pre-existing ethnic tensions ...

There were high hopes when oil-rich South Sudan gained independence from Sudan in 2011 after a long conflict. But the country slid into a civil war in December 2013 largely based on ethnic divisions ...

There were high hopes when oil-rich South Sudan gained independence from Sudan in 2011 after a long conflict. But the country slid into a civil war in December 2013 largely based on ethnic ...