As president, he oversaw the Second Sudanese Civil War, the secession of South Sudan, and the conflict in Darfur. The Darfur war, which broke out in 2003, was later condemned by the International ...

Recent clashes between forces loyal to President Salva Kiir and First Vice President Riek Machar have raised fears that South Sudan is on the brink of renewed war. The arrest of Machar last week ...

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Tensions are rising in the oil-rich east African nation of South ... of a civil war that killed an estimated 400,000 people. Machar has served as South Sudan’s No.

Eritrea and South Sudan. The UAE and Egypt have significant influence and support opposing parties to the civil war. While both countries benefit in the short term from the gold trade, further ...

The United Nations reports Sudan could be on the brink of another civil war. At the heart of the tension is a power struggle between the country’s president and vice president. Both leaders ...

UNITED NATIONS — (AP) — South Sudan is teetering on the edge of renewed civil war, the top U.N. official in the world’s youngest nation warned on Monday, lamenting the government’s sudden ...

FILE - South Sudan's president Salva Kiir, left, and vice-president Riek Machar, right, shake hands after meetings to discuss outstanding issues to the peace deal on Oct. 20, 2019. (AP Photo/Sam ...