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.

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

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 ...

South Sudan’s fragile peace deal is unravelling as political tensions flare and violence resurfaces. More than a broken trust ...

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 ...

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.

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.

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan’s main opposition party said Thursday a peace agreement that ended a five-year civil war has collapsed, following the arrest of its leader Riek Machar a ...

JUBA, South Sudan — (AP ... the country yet one step closer to the edge of a collapse into civil war and the dismantling of the peace agreement.” He said "it is unimaginable that the ...

South Sudan’s main opposition party has said a ... an action his supporters condemned as a “grave violation” of the peace deal. Germany and Norway have temporarily closed their respective ...