“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 ...

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

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 ...

Salva Kiir Mayardit became the first president of Africa's newest country - South Sudan - in 2011, and within two years was presiding over a civil war that has created the largest refugee crisis ...

"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 ...

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 ...

Trusting Salva Kiir is like trusting a pathological liar who constantly beats his chest to prove that his lies are the embodiment of truth. I have harshly criticized Kiir’s policies in the media ...

The President of the government of Southern Sudan Salva Kiir Mayardit today presented a special keynote address at the annual legislative conference of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation.

Heavily armed Sudanese army troops and tanks lined the dusty streets of Khartoum, Sudan's capital, during the swearing-in of Salva Kiir Mayardit, who vowed to complete the peace process his ...

Presidential Guard troops stormed the compound of former Vice President Riek Machar Tuesday after President Salva Kiir (desk: two I's is correct) Mayardit accused him of masterminding an attempted ...