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, Kenya ...

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

The United Nations warned that the detention of Vice President Riek Machar threatens to push the world’s youngest country back into civil war. By Abdi Latif Dahir South Sudan’s vice president ...

"South Sudan is on the brink of a humanitarian collapse," especially after US President Donald Trump cut off funding for foreign aid projects, Orengo emphasized.

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 ...

South Sudan's main opposition party has said its leader has been arrested amid warnings of renewed civil war in the world's youngest country. Riek Machar was "in confinement by the government ...

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 ...

NAIROBI - South Sudan's First Vice President Riek Machar has accused Uganda of violating a United Nations arms embargo by entering the country with armoured and air force units, and conducting ...

First Vice President Riek Machar reportedly arrested after armed convoy led by government officials entered his residence in the capital, Juba. Former rebel leader and South Sudan's First Vice ...

KHARTOUM - South Sudan and Chad have condemned threats made by a top Sudanese general, warning of the risk of regional escalation. In a speech on Sunday evening, Sudanese Assistant Deputy ...

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 ...

South Sudan's government has not yet commented on Machar's arrest nor his party's statement on the peace deal. Inernational observers have sounded the alarm, fearing the return of civil war.