The detainees are all allies of Vice-President Riek Machar, whose rift with President Salva Kiir sparked a devastating war in 2013. On Thursday morning, Machar's spokesperson said that the SPLM-IO ...

Uganda deploys special forces to South Sudan to protect the government as fears of civil war grow - Uganda has deployed an ...

NAIROBI, March 7 (Reuters) - South Sudanese forces loyal to President Salva Kiir have released the peacebuilding minister, a key ally of First Vice President Riek Machar, a spokesman for Machar ...

Army surrounds South Sudan vice president's home as his allies are arrested - South Sudanese soldiers have surrounded Vice ...

A fragile power-sharing agreement between President Salva Kiir and First Vice President Riek Machar has been threatened in recent weeks by clashes between their allied forces in the northeastern ...

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda has deployed an unknown number of troops to South Sudan in a bid to protect the fragile government of President Salva Kiir as a tense rivalry with his deputy ...

Machar, whose political rivalry with President Salva Kiir has in the past exploded into civil war, said last month that the firing of several of his allies from posts in the government threatened ...

South Sudan Security Forces Release Peacebuilding Minister, Vice Presidency Says NAIROBI (Reuters) - South Sudanese forces loyal to President Salva Kiir have released the peacebuilding minister ...

FILE – South Sudan’s president Salva Kiir, left, and vice-president Riek Machar, right, shake hands after meetings in Juba, South Sudan, on Oct. 20, 2019, to discuss outstanding issues to the ...