Tensions between South Sudan's rivals threaten a fragile peace deal that ended a five-year civil war. The shooting during an evacuation mission may constitute a war crime, a UN official says.

Kenya’s special envoy to South Sudan, Raila Odinga, returned to the country on Saturday after a high-stakes meeting with South Sudan’s president, Salva Kiir, following the arrest of Vice President ...

Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Friday of a rapidly deteriorating crisis in South Sudan, calling for urgent ...

A peace deal ending a conflict that killed tens of thousands in South Sudan is in danger of collapsing, raising fears that ...

The UN warns that South Sudan has been pushed closer to conflict by the arrest of Vice President Riek Machar. He and the ...

Raila Odinga's attempt to meet South Sudan VP Riek Machar fails after President Kiir declines request, Machar to remain under ...

Amid rising tensions in Africa’s youngest country and reports that the country’s first vice president was arrested, Bishop ...

The United Nations chief is urging regional and international leaders to prevent South Sudan from falling 'over the abyss' ...

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

Tensions are rising in the oil-rich east African nation of South Sudan after Riek Machar, who serves as one of the country’s ...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for international support to avert another civil war in South Sudan. With escalations following First Vice President Riek Machar's arrest, Guterres ...

South Sudan's First Vice President Riek Machar is under arrest and will be investigated, the government said on Friday - the ...