Riek Machar Archive

More than 200 civilians in South Sudan have drowned in a Nile ferry accident while fleeing fighting in the town of Malakal, an army spokesman has said. He said women and children were among the …

Efforts to broker a ceasefire in South Sudan have continued with a US special envoy and other mediators meeting the rebel leader, Riek Machar. South Sudanese government soldiers celebrated in newly recaptured Bentiu on Sunday …

The police have confirmed that despite the drop in number of South Sudanese refugees’ influx into Uganda of late, over 58, 230 Ugandans and non-Ugandan nationals have so far been registered at Elegu borders …

The UN Security Council has urged South Sudan President Salva Kiir to release political prisoners to help bring an end to the bitter conflict there. The BBC’s Andrew Harding says it appears Bentiu was recaptured …

Rebels in South Sudan are confident that “full reconciliation” can be achieved with the government, their chief negotiator has said. South Sudan rebel Taban Deng Taban Deng’s comments came as the two sides hold ceasefire …

NAIROBI – Three weeks of fighting in South Sudan between forces loyal to President Salva Kiir and supporters of his rival, deposed vice president Riek Machar, have left thousands of people dead. Kenyan President …

Direct talks aimed at ending weeks of violence in South Sudan are due to begin. They would come a day after delegations from the warring parties met mediators in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. Ethiopia’s …