The country’s new vice president, Taban Deng Gai, speaks with Hari Sreenivasan about the investigation, as well as South Sudan’s violent summer, including an attack on U.S. diplomats.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on South Sudan’s First Vice President Taban Deng Gai, citing his involvement in serious human rights abuses. It is one of ...

South Sudan's newly-appointed First Vice-President Taban Deng Gai (L) poses with President Salva Kiir (R) at the State House in Juba, July 26.

At a gathering at a Juba hotel on Saturday, Taban Deng Gai, who had served as the mining minister in the country's transitional government, was appointed to act in Machar's place until he returned ...

The U.S. Treasury Department placed sanctions on Taban Deng Gai, first vice president of South Sudan, alleging human-rights violations and attempts to silence the opposition party.

Left: Taban Deng Gai, who is now first vice president of South Sudan, speaks to reporters in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa on Jan. 8, 2014. File photo by Tiksa Negeri/Reuters ...

He specifically faulted the country's First Vice President Taban Deng Gai for "instigating more abductions," citing 10 children who were seized in January while Gai toured the largely opposition ...

Earlier this year, one of South Sudan’s vice presidents, Taban Deng Gai, called for the resumption of the canal project in order to prevent flood disasters in Jonglei and Unity state.

A faction of South Sudan's opposition has formally rejoined the ruling party.

A petition to stop the revival of the 118-year-old Jonglei Canal project in South Sudan, started by one of the country’s top academics, is gaining traction in the country, with ...