Born in 1952, the 72-year-old was the 27th son of the chief of Ayod and Leer and was brought up in the Presbyterian Church ... his Nuer ethnic group. He became vice-president of South Sudan ...

Born in 1952, the 72-year-old was the 27th son of the chief of Ayod and Leer and was brought up in the Presbyterian Church ... from Sudan, as he sought to strengthen his position and that of his Nuer ...

In an apparent attempt to boost his stature as a leader of the Nuer, South Sudan's second largest tribe after the Dinka, Machar has kept in his possession a ceremonial stick once carried by a ...

What's the current situation in South Sudan? In early March 2025, the White Army, a Nuer community militia, launched attacks against units of the South Sudan People's Defence Forces in Nasir ...

In early March 2025, the White Army, a Nuer community militia, launched attacks against units of the South Sudan People’s Defence Forces in Nasir County, Upper Nile State. This sparked fierce ...

Riek Machar, whose political tensions with President Salva Kiir recently threatened to tip South Sudan back into civil war, ...

As the two SPLM factions are closely aligned with South Sudan's two largest ethnic groups - Kiir with the Dinka and Machar with the Nuer - ethnic ... in Juba and local church leaders have also ...

South Sudan’s kleptocratic leaders have been quick to associate Machar, the SPLM-IO leader, with the White Army. This is largely because the militia group primarily recruits from the Nuer ethnic ...