While conflict isn't inevitable, a convergence of familiar patterns in South Sudan has significantly increased the risk of ...

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan's President Salva Kiir on Wednesday warned lawmakers "not to cling to power" just weeks after his former rival turned deputy proposed a postponement of ...

South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir dismissed Central Equatoria State Governor Gen. Augustino Jadallah Wani on Monday, ...

“At the request of President Salva Kiir Mayardit of South Sudan, Kenya has been facilitating the mediation process for the past 11 months in an effort to resolve the political stalemate that has ...

A former member of the Transitional National Legislative Assembly (TNLA) representing Nasir County and a member of the ...

(Reuters) - When South Sudan declared independence from Sudan in 2011 to a chorus of worldwide congratulations and celebrations, rebel-leader-turned-president Salva Kiir promised his people ...

South Sudan's President Kiir Promotes Sanctioned Ally as Ruling Party Deputy NAIROBI (Reuters) -South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has reshuffled the senior leadership in the ruling party ...

President Salva Kiir ordered the arrest of First Vice President Riek Machar on Wednesday night, the statement said. Machar’s bodyguards were disarmed and taken away, the statement added.

raising fears of a return to warfare as government troops loyal to President Salva Kiir battle soldiers and armed militia loyal to Machar. Both Kiir and Machar are historical leaders of the rebel ...

Six journalists in South Sudan have been detained over the circulation of footage showing President Salva Kiir appearing to wet himself at an official event, the national journalists union said on ...

South Sudan President Salva Kiir has fired Finance Minister Awow Daniel Chuang and the head of the state-owned Nile Petroleum Corp., Bernard Amour Makeny. In decrees read on the state-owned South ...

President Salva Kiir said he was reappointing his rival as first vice president, an important condition of a deal to end more than two years of war. A 45-page United Nations report describes a ...