The top U.N. official in South Sudan is warning that the country is teetering on the edge of renewed civil war.

Russian financial and military contributions have been credited with helping the SAF achieve its gains in recent months.

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and South Sudan officially gained independence from Sudan on July 9, 2011. In the early years of South Sudan’s independence, peace processes failed to address long-standing grievances and ...

Sudan, which has been in the grip of a two-year-old war between the army and a paramilitary group, has a history of civil ...

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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 ...