In February, South Sudanese President Salva Kiir abruptly dismissed two of the country’s five vice presidents, and the following month, Vice President Riek Machar—Kiir’s longtime rival—was detained ...

South Sudan’s future hangs in the balance, as unresolved grievances, ethnic rivalries, and economic collapse threaten to ...

On Monday, the treason trial of First Vice President Riek Machar opened. It followed a bloody weekend in which at least 48 people were killed and more than 150 wounded in clashes between government ...

JUBA (Reuters) -At least four soldiers and 10 militia members were killed in fighting in an area of South Sudan where previous clashes led to the arrest of First Vice President Riek Machar, the ...

JUBA, South Sudan — South Sudan's First Vice President Riek Machar faces charges of treason and other serious crimes, local justice authorities said Thursday, as fears grow that the east African ...

South Sudan's Vice President Riek Machar attends a meeting of Pope Francis with authorities, leaders of civil society and the diplomatic corps, in the garden of the Presidential Palace in Juba, ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The treason trial of South Sudan’s suspended vice president is further eroding a 2018 peace agreement he signed with President Salva Kiir, U.N. experts warned in a new report. As ...

JUBA, South Sudan — The criminal trial of South Sudan's suspended vice president began in the capital Monday as Riek Machar appeared in a cage alongside his co-defendants. It was the first time Machar ...

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This is Great Hunger, a mini-series analyzing the political decisions that have led to mass starvation in some of the most food insecure countries on Earth. In this edition we speak with Daniel Akech, ...