Riek Machar, whose political tensions with President Salva Kiir recently threatened to tip South Sudan back into civil war, ...

Kiir’s regime, along with the opposition, depends on illicit forms of resource extraction and taxation for its survival; it’s a feature, not a bug, of the current political-economic system in South ...

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South Sudan's main opposition party seeks an international probe into alleged rights abuses in recent fighting that saw government troops target areas loyal to the party’s longtime leader, Riek Machar ...

As President Kiir’s control over key political figures slowly weakens, the government’s position looks increasingly fragile. South Sudan has faced a fiscal crisis since 2024 when fighting in ...

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir replaced the foreign minister amid a migration row with the U.S., appointing Monday Simaya Kumba. Meanwhile, the SPLM-IO replaced its chairman Riek Machar with ...

The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum ... are rising in the oil-rich east African nation of South Sudan after Riek Machar, who serves as one of the country ...

A rise in political tensions in South Sudan and an escalation of violence ... and stopped taking part in discussions to create a joint military system in the country. These developments risk ...

NAIROBI, April 3 (Reuters) - Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni arrived in neighbouring South Sudan on Thursday ... two leaders would discuss "current political developments in the country".

In just two years, since Sudan descended into a civil war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, the conflict has created one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises. Tens of ...

KAMPALA, Uganda — Tensions are rising in the oil-rich east African nation of South Sudan after Riek Machar ... Machar’s political group said Thursday that a 2018 agreement that’s the ...