South Sudan opposition says its leader Machar has been arrested as UN warns of a renewed civil war

In South Sudan, President Salva Kiir and his former number two, Riek Machar, are fighting. These are the background to the dispute that led the country to a civil war.

Only a few years has peace kept in South Sudan. Now, the youngest country in the world is threatening to reappear in the civil war. The causes are the same as before.

The Government of South Sudan imprisoned the Vice-President of the country on alleged charges of rebellion, while militarizing the state of Upper Nile following attacks attributed to Nuer militias. READ ALSO IDPs descend in Sudan but the humanitarian crisis continues With the accusation, the South Sudanese Government seeks to silence the opposition in the face of the failure of the peace process and the postponement of the presidential elections…

UN Commission urges protection of civilians and adherence to peace agreement in South Sudan

The UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan (“the commission”) on Thursday called on its regional and international partners for “urgent, coordinated action to protect civilians and preserve the Revitalized Peace Agreement. The call comes in response to escalating violence and political instability in the region, where increasing military clashes, reports of indiscriminate attacks on civilian populations, and arrests of prominent political …

South Sudan on the Brink of Another War

This week on Hold Your Fire!, Richard speaks with Crisis Group experts Daniel Akech and Alan Boswell about escalating violence across South Sudan, President Salva Kiir’s dismissal of both loyalists and opposition leaders, the impact of neighbouring Sudan’s conflict and hope of averting a return to civil war in the world’s youngest country.

UN chief Guterres urges leaders in South Sudan to 'put down weapons'

South Sudan's opposition said the arrest late Wednesday of First Vice President Riek Machar, the long-time rival to President Salva Kiir, had invalidated the two sides' 2018 peace deal, the cornerstone of the nation's fragile stability