First Vice President Riek Machar Stories
The diplomatic wrangle with US comes at a time when the government is also facing internal political strain over the continuing house arrest of First...
South Sudan is a member of IGAD, a regional bloc comprising eight countries from the Horn of Africa, the Nile Valley and the Great Lakes Region.
US President Donald Trump's administration has taken aggressive measures to increase immigration enforcement, including the repatriation of people dee...
US President Donald Trump's administration has taken aggressive measures to ramp up immigration enforcement, including the repatriation of people deem...
The AU delegation's flight arrived at Juba's airport on Wednesday afternoon with a "Council of the Wise" which included former Burundian President Dom...
As questions swirl over the clarity and coordination of Odinga's special envoy role, one thing remains clear—Juba is not amused.
In a statement issued from Addis Ababa on Monday, the AUC chief expressed "solidarity with the Government and people of South Sudan," reaffirming the...
He warned that the Horn of Africa is already in turmoil and cannot withstand another conflict, urging immediate de-escalation.
Now a decade on, Kiir's administration has detained Machar, his longtime rival, threatening once again to ignite conflict in an impoverished country i...
Reports that Machar – a long-time rival of President Salva Kiir – was arrested on Wednesday prompted international calls for restraint. Kenya sent its...
First Vice President Riek Machar was put under house arrest in the capital Juba on Wednesday, in effect voiding a 2018 peace deal that ended a five-ye...
It is understood that Raila is set to travel to South Sudan on Friday to help prevent further conflict in the country.
Machar rejoined the SPLA in 2002, and after a 2005 peace deal that ended civil war and established southern autonomy, he became vice-president of the...
IGAD's Executive Secretary, Workneh Gebeyehu, said such developments undermine the Revitalised Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Su...
President William Ruto on Thursday said he had called President Kiir to discuss the situation leading to Machar’s arrest and detention.
Civil society activists, the United Nations, and the United States have called for restraint and the reversal of the action following reports of the a...
Foreign governments have warned that civil war could break out again in South Sudan following weeks of escalating tensions that originated in fighting...
In a letter addressed to the U.N., African Union and the IGAD regional bloc, Machar said Uganda's military intervention in South Sudan had violated a...
South Sudan's United Nations peacekeeping chief, Nicholas Haysom, has also said he is concerned the country is "on the brink of relapse into civil war...
This conflict can be traced back to historical tensions between the Nuer and Dinka communities, worsened by the 1991 split of the Sudanese People’s Li...
