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

A power-sharing deal between leaders Kiir and Machar unravels, threatening a return to South Sudan’s bloody civil war.

First Vice President Riek Machar reportedly arrested after armed convoy entered his residence in the capital, Juba.

JUBA, South Sudan — South Sudan’s main opposition party said its leader Riek Machar has been arrested as the U.N. called on ...

US urges South Sudan to release Vice President Machar UN warns of potential resurgence of ethnic conflict Peace deal between Kiir and Machar at risk of collapse African Union, regional bloc ...

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.

The United Nations chief is urging regional and international leaders to prevent South Sudan from falling “over the abyss” ...

By Abdi Latif Dahir South Sudan’s vice president, Riek Machar, has been placed under house arrest, according to his party, escalating tensions that the United Nations has warned are pushing the ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. South Sudan’s president Salva Kiir, left, and vice-president Riek Machar, right, shake hands after ...

NEW YORK, March 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- World Without War has condemned recent airstrikes on civilian targets in Nasir, South Sudan, amid reports that the Uganda People’s Defense Force (UPDF) ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — South Sudan is teetering on the edge of renewed civil war, the top U.N. official in the world’s youngest nation warned on Monday, lamenting the government’s sudden ...