South Sudan’s president has called for dialogue amid concerns that the country could relapse into a civil war due to the ...

South Sudan's president Salva Kiir, left, and vice-president Riek Machar, right, shake hands after meetings to discuss outstanding issues to the peace deal on Oct. 20, 2019. Credit: AP/Sam Mednick ...

President Salva Kiir’s leadership trajectory reveals a dangerous shift toward absolute authoritarian rule, specifically ...

The euphoria of independence turned to civil war two years later, when rival factions backing President Salva Kiir and deputy Riek Machar opened fire on each other in South Sudan’s capital, Juba ...

The euphoria of independence turned to civil war two years later, when rival factions backing President Salva Kiir and deputy Riek Machar opened fire on each other in South Sudan’s capital, Juba ...

A deadly divide. The euphoria of independence turned to civil war two years later, when rival factions backing President Salva Kiir and deputy Riek Machar opened fire on each other in South Sudan ...

South Sudan's main opposition party's political branch, SPLM-IO, has named Stephan Par Kuol, a government minister, as interim party chairman following the arrest of longtime leader Riek Machar.

South Sudan's president Salva Kiir, left, and vice-president Riek Machar, right, shake hands after meetings to discuss outstanding issues to the peace deal on Oct. 20, 2019. Credit: AP/Sam Mednick ...

In a recent opinion piece published by Radio Tamazuj titled “Kiir and Museveni’s Coordinated Effort to Silence Riek ...

South Sudan has officially been at peace since a 2018 agreement concluded the five-year conflict that resulted in hundreds of thousands of fatalities, yet violence among competing communities often ...

Riek Machar is a prominent figure in South Sudan’s history, first as a rebel leader in the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM/A), which fought for the country’s independence.