A government built along ethnic designs undermines the state by relying on blood brothers who work for the tribe and not the ...

Tensions are rising in the oil-rich east African nation of South Sudan after Riek Machar who serves as a vice president was ...

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

When South Sudan declared independence from Sudan in 2011 to a chorus of worldwide congratulations and celebrations, ...

The recent outbreak of violence in South Sudan doesn’t appear to have been motivated by political directives from the country ...

Misinformation and online hate speech is fuelling panic and division in South Sudan at a time of acute political tensions that observers fear could drive the country back to war.

The United Nations warned that the detention of Vice President Riek Machar threatens to push the world’s youngest country ...

(Reuters) - When South Sudan declared independence from Sudan ... Tensions between Kiir's Dinka people, the country's largest ethnic group, and Machar's Nuer community have lingered, with both ...

But they are from rival ethnic groups: Kiir is from the Dinka, the largest ... war that killed an estimated 400,000 people. Machar has served as South Sudan’s No. 2 official on and off since ...