The top United Nations official in South Sudan urged the UN Security Council on Wednesday to use its clout to prevent the ...

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

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

But they are from rival ethnic groups: Kiir is from the Dinka, the largest ... Machar in the start of a civil war that killed an estimated 400,000 people. Machar has served as South Sudan’s No. 2 ...