South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit swore in Dr. Benjamin Baak Deng as the new Chief Justice Monday, tasking him with ...

Bol Mel, a businessman under U.S. sanctions for alleged ties to money-laundering construction firms, oversees the economic portfolio as vice president. His new role as Kiir’s first deputy in the ...

The government of Salva Kiir said it was prepared to take a step toward ending a civil war that has left tens of thousands of people dead and two million displaced. The arrival of the opposition ...

“At the request of President Salva Kiir Mayardit of South Sudan, Kenya has been facilitating the mediation process for the past 11 months in an effort to resolve the political stalemate that has ...

Pope Francis, as part of his visit to Africa this week, is meeting with the president of South Sudan, Salva Kiir Mayardit, this Friday. He will meet the leader for a photograph before retreating ...

Salva Kiir Mayardit was directly in front of the cameras as a damp patch appeared on his trousers while the national anthem played on Tuesday. A video shows trumpet fanfare and the celebrations ...

Chan Reec Madut was appointed by Kiir in August 2011, shortly after the country gained independence in July of that year.

"The SPLM Political Bureau decided to nominate comrade Salva Kiir Mayardit as ... the Presidential flag bearer in the national elections at the end of the transitional period," Paul Akol Kordit ...

Steven C. Roach does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations ...