South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit on Friday dismissed the undersecretary of the Ministry of Youth and Sports and appointed Agum Awet Akot, the daughter of a former ruling party official, as ...

Mvolo County Commissioner Rubben Amaai Majok has defected from the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-In Opposition (SPLM-IO) ...

The country's Foreign Ministry dismissed rumors spreading on social media that President Salva Kiir had passed away.South Sudan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation on ...

The CDF confirmed that the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) stands ready to provide a full range of support. This includes ...

South Sudan President Salva Kiir left the capital on Wednesday and headed to Ethiopia ahead of a planned meeting with his rival and rebel leader Riek Machar ahead of planned talks to try to ...

Just five years ago, as dawn unfolded on January 9, 2011, millions of South Sudanese took the final steps on our seventy-year journey to independence. By barge and bus, on animal and foot, we came ...

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir Mayardit (L) gestures as he leaves after attending peace talks with the South Sudanese rebels in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, March 6, 2015. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri ...

"I President Salva Kiir Mayardit, president of South Sudan, do hereby issue a decree for the appointment of Dr. Riek Machar Teny as first vice president of South Sudan with immediate effect," said ...

Salva Kiir Mayardit has served as South Sudan’s president since the country’s independence in 2011. South Sudan’s secession from Sudan came on the heels of a long and bloody civil war that ...

Salva Kiir Mayardit, the bearded former army general who is poised to become the President of the world’s youngest republic is no stranger to Kenyans. He has been to Kenya on countless occasions ...