The government of President Salva Kiir has been accused of gross incompetence, as fighting between rebels and security forces pushes toward the capital.

South Sudanese president Salva Kiir Mayardit returned to Juba this afternoon after attending the 39th Ordinary Session of the ...

South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has signed into law three bills, including the Cybercrime and Computer Misuse Act 2026, state media reported Wednesday. The other laws assented to are the Southern ...

(Reuters) - When South Sudan declared independence from Sudan in 2011 to a chorus of worldwide congratulations and celebrations, rebel-leader-turned-president Salva Kiir promised his people freedom ...

The key issue for many South Sudanese is the security arrangement. The deal outlined how former rebel forces and government soldiers would be brought together into a unified national army made up of ...

A towering guerrilla commander turned president, Salva Kiir led South Sudan to independence a decade ago before shattering its peoples' dreams and dragging them back into a brutal civil war. His ...

The United Nations' peacekeeping chief is warning that political deadlock in South Sudan is sharply escalating violence, putting the world’s newest nation on a “dangerous precipice." ...

The president of South Sudan wet himself on live television while at a public event in the north African country on Tuesday, according to videos shared in local media. Salva Kiir Mayardit, 71, was in ...

South Sudan’s ruling party on Wednesday endorsed President Salva Kiir as its candidate for another term in the elections that will be held at the end of 2024. Kiir has been the country’s only ...

South Sudanese President Salva Kiir on Saturday trumpeted his government's unrelenting efforts to end the nine-month conflict in South Sudan and move the world's newest nation from fighting and ...

Israel has broadened its push, so far unsuccessful, to persuade other countries to take in Gazans en masse. Critics say the relocation could violate international law. By Aaron Boxerman, Natan ...