South Sudan's 'dire' situation risks return to civil war, warns top UN envoy
The head of the peacekeeping mission in the country said President Salva Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar must put the interests of the South Sudanese people first.
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The head of the peacekeeping mission in the country said President Salva Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar must put the interests of the South Sudanese people first.
READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/03/25/south-sudans-dire-situation-risks-return-to-civil-war-warns-top-un-envoy
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00:00The top U.N. official in South Sudan warned the country is on the brink of a renewed civil
00:07war after the government postponed the latest round of peace efforts.
00:11U.N. Special Representative Nicholas Haysom said violence is escalating as elections approach
00:18and political competition between the country's president and vice president intensifies.
00:23Haysom noted the two sides don't have sufficient trust in each other to steer the nation towards
00:29a democratic path.
00:30South Sudan gained independence from Sudan in 2011 following decades of conflict.
00:37It descended into a civil war as forces loyal to the country's president and vice president
00:42clashed.
00:43The conflict claimed the lives of more than 400,000 people before a peace agreement was
00:48signed in 2018.
00:50While elections were initially set for 2023, they've been postponed twice and are now expected
00:56in 2026.
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