The top U.N. official in South Sudan is warning that the country 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 ...

Germany has temporarily closed its embassy in South Sudan's capital Juba because of rising tensions that have brought the ...

The latest tensions stem from fighting in the country’s north between government troops and a rebel militia, known as the ...

South Sudan is facing the risk of sliding back into civil war, as tensions rise between President Salva Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar. Despite significant international efforts, peace remains ...

South Sudan is on the verge of another civil war, the UN’s top official in the country warned Monday, citing escalating ...

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir, right, and Vice President Riek Machar, left in Juba, South Sudan Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023. The Ugandan government in Kampala has sent Ugandan special force troops ...

This month, a United Nations helicopter was attacked during an evacuation mission in a remote area in South Sudan ... to be allied with Vice President Riek Machar. Mr. Kiir and Mr. Machar led ...

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir and First Vice President Riek Machar are at the center of the renewed insecurity. In recent weeks, they've been embroiled in political disagreements that have led to ...