Salva Kiir

At least 49 killed in attack on cattle farm and village in South Sudan

At least 49 people have been killed and 33 injured in an attack on a cattle farm and a village in South Sudan.

Sweden Urges Citizens to Avoid Travel to South Sudan Due to Unrest

South Sudan's Vice President Riek Machar Arrested, UN Warns of Conflict

South Sudan's Vice President Riek Machar, rival to the country's President Salva Kiir, was arrested on Wednesday. The country may be on the brink of a new civil war, warns the UN's peacekeeping forces.

South Sudan "on the brink of civil war"

New violent clashes and skirmishes between rival leaders in South Sudan mean that the country is "on the brink of a civil war". This is warned by the East African cooperative organization Igad.

South Sudan postpones presidential election – for two years