South Sudan's main opposition party seeks an international probe into alleged rights abuses in recent fighting that saw ...

In July 2005, seven months after the war came to an end, Garang died in a helicopter crash. Kiir, who was his deputy, quickly assumed control of the SPLM. In 2013, two years after South Sudan gained ...

Ukrainian helicopter crew hailed after coming under fire during an evacuation of a military base in South Sudan.

The ongoing crisis in South Sudan has been long in the making – its roots lie in a faltering peace implementation process.

Riek Machar, whose political tensions with President Salva Kiir recently threatened to tip South Sudan back into civil war, ...

was seen as a moderate within the SPLM and became its leader in 2005 after the death of John Garang in a helicopter crash He became president of South Sudan on independence and has remained in ...

(Reuters) - When South Sudan declared independence from Sudan ... After Garang died in a helicopter crash in 2005, just months after the Sudanese government signed a peace deal with the southern ...

Who Is Riek Machar, South Sudan's Embattled Vice President ... McCune died aged 29 in a car crash in Nairobi in 1993. Machar's second wife, Angelina Teny, has previously served as defence ...

In July 2005, seven months after the war came to an end, Garang died in a helicopter crash. Kiir, who was his deputy, quickly assumed control of the SPLM. In 2013, two years after South Sudan ...