Dangerous Crisis in South SudanSouth Sudan faces a dangerous political crisis as tensions between President Salva Kiir and former First Vice President Riek Machar escalate, threatening the fragile ...

The top United Nations official in South Sudan is urging the U.N. Security Council to use its clout to prevent the world's ...

The top United Nations official in South Sudan urged the UN Security Council on Wednesday to use its clout to prevent the world’s newest nation from again plunging into civil war.

Riek Machar, whose political tensions with President Salva Kiir recently threatened to tip South Sudan back into civil war, ...

“South Sudanese security forces placed first vice president and opposition leader Dr. Riek Machar under house arrest in Juba on Wednesday night amid escalating political tensions, raising fears ...

The South Sudan government said yesterday that first vice-president Riek Machar was “under house arrest”, two days after he was detained, as a former Kenyan premier arrived in Juba to mediate ...

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.

Juba (AFP) – The South Sudan government said on Friday that First Vice President Riek Machar was "under house arrest," two days after he was detained, as a former Kenyan premier arrived in Juba ...

South Sudan's First Vice President Riek Machar is under arrest and will be investigated on charges of trying to stir up rebellion, the government said on Friday, the first confirmation of a detention ...

Kiir "directed the placement of Dr Riek Machar under house arrest," information minister and government spokesman Michael Makuei Lueth said in a statement, in the first official comments since ...

The South Sudan government said on Friday First Vice President Riek Machar was "under house arrest," two days after he was detained, as a former Kenyan premier arrived in Juba to mediate the crisis ...