UN Secretary-General António Guterres said the arrest of VP Riek Marchar saying it brings South Sudan "closer" to civil war.

The Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, alerted the press Friday morning to what he is calling a, “dramatic and dire situation,” in South Sudan. There has been a rise of violent ...

The situation in the country is “dire” said Nicholas Haysom, head of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), late on Monday, as tension between forces allied with President Salva Kiir and ...

"The UN warns that this action takes the country ... "It should be clear to all that the people of South Sudan can ill afford to endure the consequences of the civil war," he stressed.

Former rebel leader and South Sudan's First Vice President Riek Machar is pictured in Rome, Italy, in 2019 [File: Yara Nardi/Reuters] Published On 27 Mar 202527 Mar 2025 The United Nations Mission ...

South Sudan is teetering on the edge of renewed civil war, the top United Nations official in the world’s youngest nation warned on Monday. Calling the situation unfolding in the country “dire”, ...

The political party of South Sudan's First Vice President Riek Machar has warned that his arrest on Wednesday invalidates the country's 2018 peace deal.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday warned of a deepening crisis in South Sudan, describing the situation as a "perfect storm" of conflict, humanitarian disaster, and economic collapse.

South Sudan’s main opposition party says its leader Riek Machar ... More than a dozen people have died since the airstrikes started in mid-March and the UN warned of a renewed civil war if the leaders ...

A young nation, with a troubled past. The UN has a large mission to South Sudan, with some 20,000 peacekeepers. The head of that mission, Nicolas Haysom, warned Tuesday that "South Sudan is poised ...

The UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan issued an alert on Thursday over the the rapidly escalating crisis in the country, calling for urgent ...

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—Another conflict is looming in the world's youngest country, South Sudan, which gained independence from Sudan in 2011 and saw civil war erupt shortly after its ...