First Vice President Riek Machar reportedly arrested after armed convoy entered his residence in the capital, Juba.

UN warns The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) said Thursday the reported arrest left the country on a precipice. "Tonight, the country's leaders stand on the brink of relapsing into ...

The United States on Thursday called on South Sudan President Salva Kiir to release his rival First Vice President Riek Machar who his party says is under house arrest, as the United Nations warned ...

South Sudan's main opposition party said on Thursday that a 2018 peace deal that helped end the country's civil war had collapsed after party leader Riek Machar was arrested. Machar's opposition ...

Machar's senior allies were arrested by security forces earlier this month [Reuters] ...

An armed convoy led by top security officials, including the defence minister, entered Machar's residence in the capital, ...

(MENAFN- IANS) Juba, March 27 (IANS) South Sudanese First Vice President (VP ... Relations for the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-in-Opposition (SPLM-IO), condemned the arrest as a violation ...

United Nations chief Antonio Guterres expressed concern Thursday about "alarming" developments in South Sudan, saying the arrest of the country's vice president brings it closer to civil war, ...

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

March 26 (Reuters) - The party of South Sudan's First Vice President Riek ... "forcefully entered" his residence and delivered an arrest warrant. In a statement, Machar's SPLM-IO party condemned ...

South Sudanese President Salva Kiir, right, and Vice President Riek Machar, left, attend a Holy Mass led by Pope Francis in Juba, South Sudan ... ordered the arrest of First VP Riek Machar ...