Riek Machar, the vice president of South Sudan, has been detained at his residence in an upscale neighborhood of the capital, Juba, since March. Armored personnel carriers block the gate of the sprawling compound and security officers wielding AK-47s patrol…
The Trump administration’s decision over the weekend to revoke visas for all South Sudanese passport holders adds to the mounting political and humanitarian challenges confronting the world’s youngest nation. South Sudan faces the risk of civil war as tensions between…
South Sudan’s Vice President Riek Machar has been placed under house arrest, according to his party, amid escalating tensions in the world’s youngest country that the United Nations has warned could blow up a peace deal and has pushed the…
The world’s youngest nation faces the threat of war yet again. This month, a United Nations helicopter was attacked during an evacuation mission in a remote area in South Sudan, with one member of its crew killed and two others…
Gunmen attacked a United Nations helicopter on an evacuation mission in a volatile part of South Sudan on Friday, killing one crew member and injuring two others, the United Nations said. The helicopter crew was trying to rescue wounded South…
