The superstition can seem odd, but many people see it as one factor fueling Machar’s ambitions. Tensions between Machar and ...

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

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Tensions are rising in the oil-rich east African nation of South Sudan after Riek Machar, who serves as one of the country’s vice presidents, was arrested in the capital.

US urges South Sudan to release Vice President Machar UN ... stressing an urgent need for food, water and shelter and warning the window to find survivors was fast closing. Worldcategory Egypt's ...

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

A power-sharing deal between Kiir and Machar is unravelling, threatening a return to South Sudan’s bloody civil war. Riek Machar attends the signing in Khartoum, Sudan of an accord with the ...

A Catholic bishop in the Africa’s youngest country has directed the people under his care to participate in daily prayers for peace amid testimonies of rising tension in South Sudan and reports ...

Machar accuses Uganda of violating UN arms embargo Uganda says deployment was requested by South Sudan government Uganda fears conflict could destabilise region, cause refugee influx NAIROBI ...

March 27 (UPI) --South Sudanese Vice President Riek Machar was arrested and placed under house arrest, his party said. The Sudan People's Liberation Movement in Opposition, or SPLM-IO, said that ...

Analysts are urging the international community to push for peace in the fragile country. In South Sudan, the world's youngest country, a fragile power-sharing deal is teetering. On Thursday ...

Riek Machar, South Sudan's First Vice President and President Salva Kiir's enduring rival, was arrested on Wednesday on "unclear charges", marking a dramatic escalation to a weeks-long conflict ...