Kiir’s trip to the Gulf nation, where he spent 10 days, had sparked widespread speculation that he was ill. However, ...

South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit departed Juba on Sunday for the United Arab Emirates on an official diplomatic ...

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By Salva Kiir Mayardit -Sunday, October 11, 2015 OPINION: Just five years ago, as dawn unfolded on January 9, 2011, millions of South Sudanese took the final steps on our seventy-year journey to ...

“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 ...

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 ...

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir told U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday he intends to sign a peace deal to end a 20-month-old conflict, a State Department spokesman said.

Salva Kiir fits within the meaning of these two titles. He is indisputably a master of deceit. Only a conscience-stricken person would trust him—trust him at your own peril.

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir appointed former rebel leader Riek Machar as the country's first vice president on Friday, a day after the two men agreed to form a government of national unity.

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