A standoff between the president and his deputy is threatening to tip the world’s youngest nation, South Sudan, into a fresh ... violence between Kiir’s Dinka people and Machar’s Nuer ...

March 27 (Reuters) - The reported house arrest of Riek Machar, the former bush rebel leader who became South Sudan's First Vice ... for an ethnic massacre of Dinka people in Bor carried out ...

"The military is patrolling the streets of Juba, people ... and Sudan. Most of the White Army fighters are said to belong to Machar's Nuer ethnic group, while Kiir is an ethnic Dinka.

South Sudan was teetering on the ... when forces loyal to Kiir, an ethnic Dinka, battled those loyal to Machar, an ethnic Nuer. More than 40,000 people were killed in the war, which ended with ...

The reported house arrest of Riek Machar, the former bush rebel leader who became South Sudan's First Vice President ... for an ethnic massacre of Dinka people in Bor carried out by Nuer fighters ...

The biggest development was an alliance in February between the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement ... Kiir belongs to the Dinka, South Sudan’s largest ethnic group, while Machar is a Nuer ...

South Sudan's President Salva ... an ethnic Dinka, fought those loyal to Machar, an ethnic Nuer. The conflict killed more than 40,000 people before a 2018 peace deal saw the pair form a government ...

Who Is Riek Machar, South Sudan's Embattled Vice President ... The same year, Machar was blamed for an ethnic massacre of Dinka people in Bor carried out by Nuer fighters loyal to him.

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 ...

By Abdi Latif Dahir South Sudan ... than 11 million people. The peace deal established a power-sharing agreement between the country’s largest ethnic groups, Mr. Kiir’s Dinka and Mr. Machar ...