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Riek Machar and the African VP curse: Here’s the secret to breaking the spell
When power is informal and succession rules are unclear, chaos follows. This is ...
US orders nonemergency government staff to leave South Sudan as tension grows over fighting
The U.S. State Department has ordered nonemergency government personnel to leave South Sudan’s capital as tension escalates ...
South Sudan detains oil minister and military officials in threat to peace deal
South Sudanese forces have arrested the petroleum minister and several senior military officials allied with First Vice ...
South Sudan security forces release peacebuilding minister, vice presidency says
South Sudanese forces loyal to President Salva Kiir have released the peacebuilding minister, a key ally of First Vice President Riek Machar, a spokesman for Machar said on Friday, after the arrests ...
Al Jazeera on MSN5d
South Sudan arrests key Machar allies as army surrounds his house
South Sudanese forces have arrested the petroleum minister and several senior military officials allied with First Vice ...
Sudan Tribune14d
SCoP leader warns against parallel government in Sudan
Aldigair cautioned against dismissing the events taking place in Nairobi related to the launch of the parallel government. He argued that having two governments would exacerbate Sudan’s existing ...
Tuko14d
Nairobi: Police Officer Shoots Colleague to Death after Quarrelling Outside Nightclub
Nairobi - The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has launched investigations into the fatal shooting of a police officer. Raphael Wambua (right) was shot in Ruaraka. Photo: NPS/Raphael ...
Radio Tamazuj20d
Machar loses supporters to Kiir’s SPLM in Kapoeta North
At least 58 members of the opposition SPLM-IO, led by First Vice President Riek Machar, have defected to President Salva Kiir’s ruling SPLM party. The move took place during a campaign rally in ...
Channels TV20d
UN Peacekeepers Report Deadly Clashes In South Sudan
The United Nations on Tuesday reported deadly clashes in northern South Sudan which killed civilians and left a peacekeeper wounded. The oil-rich but impoverished nation, which only achieved ...
Sudan Tribune21d
10 soldiers killed in South Sudan attack: army
He accused the armed opposition (SPLM-IO), led by South Sudan’s First Vice President Riek Machar, of instigating the ongoing incidents in Nasir County and called for mutual respect between the ...
Inter Press Service21d
Riek Machar
As the death toll rises from South Sudan’s spiraling political and ethnic conflict, the ability of the U.N. to enforce its peacekeeping mandate in the country is coming under increased scrutiny.
EFE22d
10 soldiers killed in South Sudan attack, army blames opposition
He alleged that the SPLM-IO, led by Vice President Riek Machar, a longtime rival of President Salva Kiir, had “incited” local youths to attack army positions. “What these armed youths did in ...