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” ...

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

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

A Catholic bishop in the Africa’s youngest country has directed the people under his care to participate in daily prayers for peace amid testimonies of rising tension in South Sudan and reports ...

Salva Kiir, another Dinka, then took over in the same role until the referendum of 2011 as dictated by the CPA. It split the Republic of Sudan and gave birth to South Sudan. This elevated Salva ...

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 ...

First Vice President Riek Machar -- who are respectively of Dinka and Nuer ethnicity -- is hanging in the balance after Machar's arrest on Wednesday. Mobile phone penetration in South Sudan ...

(CNN) — A peace deal ending a conflict that killed tens of thousands in South Sudan is in danger of collapsing, raising fears that the world’s youngest nation — and one of its poorest ...

South Sudan is polarized between the majority Dinka tribe, which Kiir hails from, and Machar’s Nuer ethnic group, the second-largest in the country. Clashes this month in the town of Nasir ...