The reported house arrest of Riek Machar, the former bush rebel leader who became South Sudan's First Vice President, marks ...

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Ethnic divisions, particularly between the largest communities, the Dinka and Nuer, fuelled the brutal civil war of 2013-18 in which some 400,000 people died. After years of relative calm ...

The same year, Machar was blamed for an ethnic massacre of Dinka people in Bor carried out by Nuer fighters loyal to him. Machar was seen by some former rebel comrades as a traitor because of the ...

Ethnic divisions, particularly between the largest communities, the Dinka and Nuer, fuelled the brutal civil war of 2013-18 in which some 400,000 people died. After years of relative calm ...

The top United Nations official in South Sudan is urging the U.N. Security Council to use its clout to prevent the world’s ...

Machar's party said this week that his detention had effectively voided a 2018 peace deal that ended a five-year civil war between Kiir's Dinka forces and Nuer fighters loyal to Machar.

Rift between president and longtime rival is deepening Dispute threatens to drag South Sudan back to war Kenya sends former prime minister as special envoy NAIROBI, March 28 (Reuters) - South ...

As the two SPLM factions are closely aligned with South Sudan’s two largest ethnic groups – Kiir with the Dinka and Machar with the Nuer – ethnic violence could escalate. South Sudan also risks being ...