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The UN warns that South Sudan has been pushed closer to conflict by the arrest of Vice President Riek Machar. He and the ...

Who is fighting? The current conflict dates back to the end of the rule of Sudan's authoritarian President Omar Al-Bashir in 2019. For decades, his rule was supported by the country's official army, ...

South Sudan’s main opposition party says a peace agreement that ended a five-year civil war has collapsed, following the ...

A power-sharing deal between Kiir and Machar has been gradually unravelling, threatening a return of the civil war that killed around 400,000 people between 2013 and 2018.

South Sudan's First Vice President Riek Machar, the long-time rival to President Salva Kiir, was arrested on Wednesday -- a move described by the UN as leaving the country on the brink of widespread ...

Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) reclaim Khartoum airport from the RSF, marking a major victory in the ongoing conflict. Army ...

South Sudan's opposition says several of its key political figures were arrested on Tuesday. Just a day earlier, an army base ...

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

Security Council Press Statement on attack against United Nations Mission in South Suda – The members of the Security Council ...

A paramilitary attack killed at least 45 civilians in the North Darfur town of al-Malha, according to an initial toll shared ...