South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has dismissed the army chief after seven months in the role and appointed a successor, as ...

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has fired the country's army chief after seven months in the post and named a replacement, ...

South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit on Monday sacked his Defense Chief Gen. Paul Nang Majok and appointed Gen. Dau ...

Riek Machar, South Sudan's former first vice president, and President Salva Kiir, right, after the first meeting of a new transitional government, Juba, South Sudan, April 29, 2016 (AP photo by ...

A showdown between South Sudan's President Salva Kiir and his ousted army chief intensified on Friday after the general failed to return to the capital Juba following his dismissal amid a ...

South Sudan's ousted army chief Paul Malong returned to the capital Juba on Saturday, saying he had no intention of staging a revolt against President Salva Kiir's government. Kiir dismissed ...

South Sudan’s former army chief Paul Malong formed a rebel group aimed at toppling President Salva Kiir’s administration, which it holds responsible for the nation’s economic and political ...

Ugandan special forces have been deployed to South Sudan's capital Juba, the Ugandan army chief said Tuesday, after rising tensions threatened a fragile peace agreement between President Salva ...