Despite this latest development, the promise of lasting peace in South Sudan remains a distant hope. Fighting between rebels, ostensibly under Machar’s command, and government forces ...

the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Special Representative for South Sudan, IGAD has set clear goals to "de-escalate the crisis and prioritize the implementation of the peace ...

Yet, no matter the words we choose, they hardly capture the essence of the woman who now serves as a headwoman in Yei County, South Sudan. Born and raised in Bahr el Ghazal State, Mary’s life ...

Germany is temporarily closing its embassy in South Sudan due to the worsening conflict. Why does a nation that sought independence to avoid conflict with Sudan now find itself in another war?

In a sign of the fragile situation in the country, the US embassy has urged Americans to flee South Sudan while they still can. Similar advice was issued by Britain. The African Union, which ...

South Sudan ... Conflict in South Sudan (R-ARCSS) after several proposed peace frameworks had failed. The peace deal was facilitated by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD ...

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 ...

FILE - South Sudan's President Salva Kiir, right, and Vice President Riek Machar, left, attend a Holy Mass led by Pope Francis at the John Garang Mausoleum in Juba, South Sudan Sunday, Feb. 5 ...

It was Mr Dagalo’s first comment since the RSF were pushed back from most parts of Khartoum last week by the army in the latest development in Sudan’s devastating two-year-old war. Mr Dagalo ...

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 ...

NAIROBI, March 20 (Reuters) - South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has sacked ... rival and First Vice President Riek Machar. The latest development compounds a confrontation between the two men ...