Riek Machar Stories
International efforts to end the conflict have included a United Nations (UN) embargo on arms transfers to the parties to the conflict, which expires...
If Kiir stepped down, Bol Mel's new role as the SPLM party's deputy chairperson would make him the acting president of the country.
This means the Security Council has authorised the peacekeeping mission to "use all necessary means" to implement its mandate, including the protectio...
MSF said on Saturday that at least seven people had been killed and 20 wounded in South Sudan's Fangak county when a bomb was dropped on the pharmacy,...
The high-level visit to Juba came amid mounting tensions and stalled progress in the implementation of the 2018 accord.
The mission's renewal reflects a sobering reality: the country's internal fragility continues to pose a threat to regional peace and security.
Human Rights Watch estimates that 17 individuals remain incarcerated in Juba without formal charges.
UN Special Representative Nicholas Haysom warned that the current conditions are "darkly reminiscent of the 2013 and 2016 conflicts, which took over 4...
In Yoweri Museveni’s Uganda, the High Court in Kampala has denied bail to veteran opposition politician Dr Kizza Besigye and his aide Hajj Obeid Lutal...
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...
A South Sudanese general was among around 27 soldiers killed on March 7 when a U.N. helicopter trying to evacuate them from Nasir came under attack.
