The Latest Breaking News from Riek Machar

South Sudan’s army has launched a major military operation against opposition forces after recent territorial losses

After agreeing to accept deportees from the United States last year, South Sudan sent a list of requests to Washington that included American support for the prosecution of an opposition leader and sanctions relief for a senior official accused of diverting over a billion dollars in public funds

Salva Kiir, the president of South Sudan, met with then US president Barack Obama at the White House in 2011 to discuss the future of the newly independent state.

The latest break between two military and political leaders risks spelling civil war again for the embattled nation.

The criminal trial of the South Sudanese opposition figure Riek Machar has opened in the capital, Juba, with the country’s suspended vice president appearing in a cage alongside his co-accused

The UN Commission on Human Rights has found that authorities used schemes to divert public money.

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

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.

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