There was no immediate comment from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, but footage published on social media showed its ...

Tensions are rising in the oil-rich east African nation of South Sudan after Riek Machar, who serves as one of the country’s ...

Armed soldiers placed Riek Machar under house arrest, his party officials say, risking collapse of South Sudan’s peace ...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday that a peace agreement in South Sudan was in a shambles, ...

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

Activity in Juba's main market area appeared normal on Friday -- but tight faces and anxious looks revealed the fear under ...

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

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has warned that the country is on the brink of relapsing into widespread conflict, after First Vice President, Dr. Riek Machar was put under house ...

The Sudanese military recaptured the capital of Khartoum on Wednesday, the military chief announced, a significant victory nearly two years into the civil war that has killed more than 150,000 ...

Political tensions in South Sudan escalate as Vice President Riek Machar is arrested in Juba. Conflicts between Machar and President Salva Kiir, originating from ethnic divides and a turbulent history ...

The arrest of South Sudan’s First Vice President, Dr Riek Machar, has further deepened tensions between the country’s top ...