Germany has temporarily closed its embassy South Sudan The German Foreign Ministry said on Saturday that the capital Juba has exacerbated the brink of civil war in East African countries due to the intensification of tensions.
South Sudan President Salva Kiir The governor of Upper Nile State this week fired the conflict between government forces and militias, accusing him of allied forces with rival, First Vice President Riek Machar.
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The deadlock has heightened concerns that the world’s newest country could be in conflict in about seven years after its emergence civil war Killed hundreds of thousands of people.
South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit prepares for collective photographs during the 38th General Principal of the African Union Headquarters (AUC) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. (Reuters/tiksa negeri/archive photos)
“After years of fragile peace, South Sudan is on the brink of civil war again,” the German Foreign Ministry wrote on X.
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“President Keel and Vice President Machar is caught in a spiral of violence. It is their responsibility to end this meaningless violence and ultimately implement a peace agreement.”
Nicholas Haysom, the head of UN peacekeeping in South Sudan, also said he was worried that the country was “on the brink of recurrence to the civil war.”
