The top U.N. official in South Sudan is warning that the country is teetering on the edge of renewed civil war UNITED NATIONS -- South Sudan is teetering on the edge of renewed civil war ...

"After years of fragile peace, South Sudan is once again on the brink of civil war," German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock posted on social media. Patrick Oyet, DW correspondent, described the ...

President Salva Kiir ordered the arrest of Riek Machar, the opposition said, imperiling a 2018 peace deal. Several embassies ...

South Sudan, the world’s youngest country, fell into a bloody civil war soon after gaining independence in 2011, as forces aligned with Kiir, an ethnic Dinka, fought those loyal to Machar ...

South Sudan has never held a national election. Its current government is the result of a power-sharing agreement struck in 2018 between Kiir and Machar. The deal ended a five-year-civil war ...

South Sudan is teetering on the brink of a return to full-scale civil war as violence escalates and ... "A conflict would erase all the hard-won gains made since the 2018 peace deal was signed.

South Sudan Is Teetering on the Edge of Renewed Civil War, UN Envoy Says UNITED NATIONS (AP) — South Sudan is teetering on the edge of renewed civil war, the top U.N. official in the world’s ...

Fears of Civil War in South Sudan Stem From Political Rivalry Between the President and His Deputy KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Tensions are rising in the oil-rich east African nation of South Sudan ...

Watch moreSouth Sudan on brink of civil war, UN warns The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) said Thursday the reported arrest left the country on a precipice. "Tonight, the country's ...

Berlin says it is temporarily shuttering its embassy in South Sudan amid safety concerns over a deteriorating security situation. Civil war once again looks possible in the world's youngest country.