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Since Tuesday, soldiers of the South Sudanese army have surrounded Machar’s home in Juba, according to members of the vice ...

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Uganda's military chief said his country had deployed special forces in South Sudan's capital Juba to "secure it" as tensions ...

The deployment of Ugandan troops to South Sudan underscores rising tensions in the oil-producing country that has been plagued by political instability and violence since it gained independence from S ...

The United States has ordered all its non-emergency staff in South Sudan to leave, amid rising tensions in the country.

The move comes as the power-sharing agreement between President Salva Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar faces increasing ...

If surging tensions between South Sudan’s president and first vice president are not addressed on time, the country risks ...