During Sudan’s second north-south civil war from 1983 to 2005, before South Sudan became independent, Khartoum sought to ...

A government built along ethnic designs undermines the state by relying on blood brothers who work for the tribe and not the ...

Experts say Uganda’s involvement inflames tensions COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT REPORTERS & AGENCIES | The entry of soldiers ...

The reported house arrest of Riek Machar, the former bush rebel leader who became South Sudan's First Vice President, marks ...

The deal ended a five-year-civil war, which killed an estimated 400,000 people. South Sudan is polarized between the majority Dinka tribe, which Kiir hails from, and Machar’s Nuer ethnic group ...

The arrest of Vice President Riek Machar could trigger a new wave of fighting in Africa's youngest nation. Analysts are ...

Tensions are rising in the oil-rich east African nation of South Sudan after Riek Machar who serves as a vice president was ...

The top U.N. official in South Sudan is warning that the country is teetering on the edge of renewed civil war.

The government of South Sudan will probe the First Vice President, Riek Machar, who is under arrest for trying to stir up ...

Misinformation and online hate speech is fuelling panic and division in South Sudan at a time of acute political tensions that observers fear could drive the country back to war.

South Sudan's First Vice President Riek Machar is under arrest and will be investigated on charges of trying to stir up ...