Kiir’s identity is a study in contradictions. His religious affiliations paint the picture of a devout leader—dining with ...

An attack on a U.N. helicopter has highlighted rising tensions in the world’s youngest country, where a seven-year-old peace ...

South Sudan is on the brink of renewed conflict as tensions between President Salva Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar ...

South Sudan's ruling coalition faces strife as the SPLM-IO suspends its role in the 2018 peace deal. Discord between leaders Machar and Kiir intensifies, leading to arrests and clashes that threaten ...

President Salva Kiir vowed the country would not return to war, but the clashes have threatened 2018's fragile power-sharing ...

The arrests in Juba and deadly clashes around the northern town of Nasir are seen as jeopardizing 2018 peace deal that ended ...

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 threatens a return to civil war ...

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 ...