The world's youngest republic, and one of its poorest, is on the brink of returning to a civil war as its unelected state ...

South Sudan's opposition party split on Wednesday, complicating an already fractured political environment as its leader ...

South Sudan's opposition party split ... However, mere hours later the military wing, the Sudan People's Liberation Army-in-Opposition (SPLA-IO), announced they remained under the "full command ...

In 2011, nearly 99 percent of South Sudanese voted in favor of the independence referendum, and South Sudan officially gained ... sites in the fall of 2020 in favor of responding more flexibly ...

It follows claims by the SPLA-IO that another of its military bases was attacked on Monday. None of the incidents have been confirmed by the Kiir-aligned army, the South Sudan People's Defence ...

Along with the weapons ban, the army also told Riek Machar's SPLA-IO forces to report to ... with some held incommunicado. South Sudan has been bedevilled by instability and insecurity since ...

South Sudan's First Vice President Riek Machar in ... Along with the weapons ban, the army also told Riek Machar's SPLA-IO forces to report to government offices or barracks "to resume their ...

South Sudanese authorities have arrested at least 22 political and military ... The people arrested since March 4, are aligned with First Vice President Riek Machar, head of the Sudan People’s ...

Machar's role in the south's fight for independence from Sudan had always been controversial. In 1991, he fell out with John Garang, leader of the pro-independence SPLA rebel movement, leaving his ...