A federal judge has ruled that U.S. officials must retain custody and control of migrants apparently removed to South Sudan in case he orders their removals were unlawful.

Kiir, 73, promoted sanctioned ally Second Vice President Benjamin Bol Mel as his SPLM party's deputy chairperson, according to a decree read on the state broadcaster on Tuesday night, weeks after the United Nations said the country was on the brink of civil war.

Following reports of deportations to South Sudan, the Trump administration says it’s deported eight migrants convicted of crimes in the United States

Sudan’s military says it has taken full control of Greater Khartoum. Brig. Gen. Nabil Abdullah, a spokesman for the Sudanese military, said forces retook the region that includes the capital city of Khartoum and its sister cities Omdurman and Khartoum North,