South Sudan is admittedly a frustrating portfolio for policymakers. The country’s leadership is corrupt and unreliable. Too ...

Who Is Riek Machar, South Sudan's Embattled Vice President? (Reuters) -The reported house arrest of Riek Machar, the former bush rebel leader who became South Sudan's First Vice President ...

The United States Bureau of African Affairs urged Kiir to release Machar and called on South Sudan's leaders to "demonstrate sincerity of stated commitments to peace". South Sudan's coalition ...

South Sudan, which gained independence from Sudan in 2011 and saw civil war erupt shortly after its foundation. A tenuous power-sharing deal is teetering on the brink. An evacuation of non ...

The United Nations warned that the detention of Vice President Riek Machar threatens to push the world’s youngest country back into civil war. By Abdi Latif Dahir South Sudan’s vice president ...

Former rebel leader and South Sudan's First Vice President Riek Machar ... German embassies have closed while the the British and United States embassies said they were reducing to minimal ...

In a joint statement Thursday, the embassies of the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Netherlands and Norway in South Sudan, as well as the European Union delegation urged Kiir to reverse ...

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir, right, and Vice President Riek Machar, left, agreed to a peace deal in 2018 [File: Ben Curtis/AP] Published On 25 Mar 202525 Mar 2025 South Sudan is on the ...