Machar was “under house arrest” and ... In the Upper Nile State in the northeast of the country, South Sudan’s national army has also clashed with an armed force believed to be allied ...

A humanitarian crisis is rapidly unfolding on both sides of the South Sudan – Ethiopia border, as escalating violence, ...

hold hands together as they speak to media after their peace talk at the State House in Juba, South Sudan, on December 17, 2019. (Photo by Majak Kuany / AFP) South Sudan’s First Vice President ...

South Sudanese President Salva Kiir (R) shakes hands with First Vice President Riek Machar as he ttends his swearing-in ceremony at the State House in Juba,on February 22, 2020, South Sudan ...

US urges South Sudan to release Vice President Machar UN ... militia which clashed with the military in Nasir, Upper Nile State, this month, Reath Muoch Tang, a senior SPLM-IO official said ...

Machar was being held at his house with his wife and two body guards, accused of being implicated in fighting between the military and White Army in Nasir, Upper Nile State this month, Reath Muoch ...

Former rebel leader and South Sudan's First Vice President Riek Machar ... years” if the world’s newest nation returned to “a state of war”, following reports that Machar was arrested ...

A fragile peace deal in South Sudan was collapsing on Thursday after the arrest of First Vice President Riek ... "There is a high chance of full-scale war but it will be more deadly and more violent ...

In a statement on X, the U.S. State Department’s bureau of African affairs urged Kiir to reverse the house arrest and “prevent further escalation of the situation.” The chairperson of the U.N ...