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

NAIROBI, Kenya – A South Sudan presidential spokesman says the army chief of staff has been removed from his post. Paul Malong had been accused of directing fighting in the capital in July that ...

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has fired the head of the country's military, the police chief and the central bank governor, an announcement made on the state-owned broadcaster SSBC said.

South Sudan's deputy president says a cabinet reshuffle this week that saw the removal of multiple senior officials threatens a fragile peace agreement reached with the president in 2018.

A rebellion by South Sudan’s former army chief signals a further escalation in the more than four-year civil war, complicating peace talks just as Africa’s youngest nation faces a looming famine.

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 ...