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

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

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

The top U.N. official in South Sudan is warning that the country is teetering on the edge of renewed civil war.

In an apparent attempt to boost his stature as a leader of the Nuer, South Sudan's second largest tribe after the Dinka, Machar has kept in his possession a ceremonial stick once carried by a ...

Mr. Kiir’s Dinka and Mr. Machar’s Nuer, which fought a bloody civil war that erupted roughly two years after South Sudan gained independence from Sudan in 2011. But all that has appeared to be ...

South Sudan, the world’s youngest country, fell into a bloody civil war soon after gaining independence in 2011, as forces aligned with Kiir, an ethnic Dinka, fought those loyal to Machar ...

In an apparent attempt to boost his stature as a leader of the Nuer, South Sudan's second largest tribe after the Dinka, Machar has kept in his possession a ceremonial stick once carried by a ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations chief urged regional and international leaders Friday to prevent South Sudan from falling ... an ethnic Dinka, and Machar, an ethnic Nuer, together ...