US EditionSouth Sudan Is Returning to War
- South Sudan's peace process collapsed following renewed clashes in Upper Nile state in early March.
- Political disputes between Kiir and Machar, and the war in Sudan, intensified ethnic tensions and undermined the 2018 peace agreement.
- Kiir's government responded to the clashes with aerial strikes and arrested key opposition figures, including Riek Machar, on March 27.
- The White Army attacked a U.N. Helicopter on March 7, and the UN warned on March 24 that South Sudan has returned to the brink of war.
- With rising violence, displacement, and a collapsing economy, South Sudan faces renewed civil war, prompting calls for dialogue and peace.
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AU Mediators Urgently Address South Sudan Crisis - teleSUR English
African Union (AU) mediators landed in South Sudan’s capital, Juba, on Wednesday for critical talks aimed at averting a return to civil war. Their arrival comes amid heightened tensions following the house arrest of First Vice President Riek Machar last week—a development that threatens the fragile peace established by the 2018 agreement. President Salva Kiir’s administration accuses Machar, a former rebel leader and key signatory to the peace d…
South Sudan-What we know about the complex crisis
JUBA — Recent clashes between forces loyal to President Salva Kiir and First Vice President Riek Machar have raised fears that South Sudan is on the brink of renewed war. The arrest of Machar last week was seen by some observers as the spark that could reignite the civil war that the rivals fought between 2013 and 2018 that killed some 400,000 people. But others argue that the situation has changed considerably since the last conflict with n…
National Catholic Reporter
South Sudanese bishops warn of catastrophe as full-scale war threatens
Pope Francis appealed to South Sudan leaders to "lower the tension in the country" as Catholic bishops in Sudan and South Sudan expressed alarm at the escalating violence in the world's youngest nation and warned of a catastrophe if full-scale war returns.
The Straits Times
insidepolitic.co.zaAfrican Union mediators arrive in South Sudan to try to rescue peace deal
African Union mediators arrived in South Sudan's capital Juba on Wednesday for talks aimed at averting a new civil war after First Vice President Riek Machar was placed under house arrest last week. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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