South Sudan's opposition said the arrest overnight of First Vice President Riek Machar, the long-time rival to President Salva Kiir, had invalidated their 2018 peace deal, the cornerstone of the ...

Recent events have undermined the 2018 peace agreement, raising questions over whether the deal can be resuscitated or if a ...

The detention of South Sudan's First Vice President Riek Machar has effectively collapsed the peace deal that ended the 2013-2018 civil war, his party said on Thursday.

The arrest of South Sudan's First Vice President Riek Machar has led to the collapse of the 2013-2018 peace agreement, raising fears of renewed civil war. The UN urges restraint, warning of regional ...

It "effectively brings the agreement to a collapse, thus the prospect for peace and stability in South Sudan has now been ... party's statement on the peace deal. The army was heavily deployed ...

Failure to uphold South Sudan's peace accords could trigger a "catastrophic" return to war and threaten millions of lives, the UN commission documenting rights abuses in the country warned Thursday.

South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir, right ... “We warn that this action takes the country yet one step closer to the edge of a collapse into civil war and the dismantling of the peace agreement.” He ...

FILE - South Sudan's President Salva Kiir, right, and Vice President Riek Machar, left, attend a Holy Mass led by Pope Francis at the John Garang Mausoleum in Juba, South Sudan Sunday, Feb.