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Concern grows for safety of South Sudan opposition leader facing treason and other charges

Amnesty International has called for a public trial for South Sudanese opposition figure Riek Machar, who faces treason and other charges

The Independent UK

South Sudan vice president charged with murder, crimes against humanity

South Sudan's Vice President, Riek Machar, has been charged with murder, treason and crimes against humanity over an attack by an ethnic militia on a military base that killed more than 250 soldiers, the justice minister said on Thursday.

Radio France Internationale

South Sudan charges VP Machar with treason, murder over military attack

Riek Machar faces charges of alleged involvement in attacks against federal forces.

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S.Sudan Vice President Charged With Murder, Crimes Against Humanity

South Sudan's Vice-President Riek Machar has been charged with murder, treason and crimes against humanity over an attack on a military base that killed more than 250 soldiers, the justice minister said Thursday.

International Business Times

South Sudan’s new chief justice has a chance to reform the judiciary – if he’s allowed to do his job

South Sudan’s chief justice, Chan Reec Madut, was sacked in late May 2025 after more than 13 years on the bench. Madut leaves behind a legacy of inefficiency and accusations of judicial graft. But the sacking violated South Sudan’s 2011 transitional constitution and the law. Ultimately, the president’s decision threatens…

The Conversation

What has triggered deadly clashes at Uganda’s border with South Sudan?

Disputes between the two over border demarcations have been ongoing but heavy, armed fighting has been rare until now.

Al Jazeera

Supreme Court rules Trump can rapidly deport immigrants to Libya, South Sudan and other countries they aren’t from

For the past several months, the Trump administration has been trying to deport immigrants to countries they are not from – despite an April 2025 federal ruling that had blocked the White House from doing so.

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South Sudan on edge as Sudan’s war threatens vital oil industry

Sudan’s army says it may be forced to shut down facilities used to export oil from South Sudan as a result of the war.

Al Jazeera

US deportations cast spotlight on South Sudan’s deepening political crisis

World’s youngest country is facing renewed outbreak of tensions that have plagued it for years

The Guardian - UK

A look at South Sudan, where the US is accused of quietly sending migrants

The United States once cheered the creation of South Sudan as an independent nation

The Independent UK

‘They came for us, to take our shelters and kill us’: how violence returned to a shattered South Sudan

Terrified civilians are watching a fragile peace crumble as politicians are arrested and deadly bombings increase

The Guardian - UK

‘We are suffering’: Displaced families bear burden of South Sudan conflict

More than 130,000 people have been displaced since fighting between gov’t and opposition forces escalated in February.

Al Jazeera

UN envoy urges Security Council to try to prevent renewed civil war in South Sudan

The top United Nations official in South Sudan is urging the U.N. Security Council to use its clout to prevent the world’s newest nation from again plunging into civil war

The Independent UK

South Sudan on the brink of civil war: bold action from the international community is needed

South Sudan is likely to return to full-blown civil war unless the international community takes a radical approach to stabilise the country and re-engage in the peace process.

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Al Jazeera

Why has Trump revoked all South Sudanese visas?

A US deportee who South Sudanese officials say is not from the country is at the root of the spat.

Euronews

US revokes all visas for South Sudanese over deportation dispute

The Trump administration's move comes amid fears of a renewed civil war in South Sudan, where political tensions have escalated after recent violence.

The Guardian - UK

Trump administration revokes all South Sudanese visas in repatriation row

State department accuses east African country of ‘taking advantage of the United States’

Al Jazeera

US revokes all visas held by South Sudanese passport holders

The decision comes as political tensions mount in South Sudan, causing fears of a renewed civil war.

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Radio France Internationale

US to revoke all visas for South Sudanese amid row over repatriations

Washington is revoking all visas for South Sudanese passport holders and blocking new arrivals, the US State Department said, accusing the African nation of not accepting its nationals expelled from the United States.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on South Sudan: the world’s youngest nation is on the brink of a new conflict

Editorial: The arrest of vice-president Riek Machar takes the country closer to a second civil war

Al Jazeera

Is Sudan’s war merging with South Sudanese conflicts?

Sudan’s war is spilling into South Sudan as its army and RSF seek new proxies and partners.

International Business Times

S.Sudan Govt Says Vice President Machar 'Under House Arrest'

The South Sudan government said on Friday First Vice President Riek Machar was "under house arrest," two days after he was detained, as a former Kenyan premier arrived in Juba to mediate the crisis threatening to end the fragile peace deal between rival factions.

The Independent UK

Fears of civil war in South Sudan stem from political rivalry between the president and his deputy

Tensions are rising in the oil-rich east African nation of South Sudan after Riek Machar who serves as a vice president was arrested in the capital

Radio France Internationale

South Sudan risks return to war after opposition leader's arrest, UN warns

The political party of South Sudan's First Vice President Riek Machar has warned that his arrest on Wednesday invalidates the country's 2018 peace deal.

The Guardian - UK

Fears intensify of return to civil war as South Sudan vice-president arrested

Riek Machar’s house arrest and armed clashes signal ‘a severe unravelling’ of 2018 peace deal, his party says

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