The German Foreign Ministry said on Saturday that Germany has temporarily closed its embassy due to temporary increasing tension in Juba, the capital of the South Sudan, which has reached the brink of the East African country to the brink of civil war.
South Sudan President Salwa Keer sacked the Governor of the upper indigo state this week, where clashes between government soldiers and an ethnic militia have increased, accused of joining with his rival, first Vice President Rek Machcher.
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Standoff has raised concerns that the world’s newest nation may return to the struggle a few years after emerging from a civil war that killed hundreds of thousands of people.
South Sudan President Salwa Kir Myrdit designed for a group photo during the inauguration of the 38th general session of the state heads of the African Union at the African Union Commission (AUC) headquarters on 15 February, 2025. (Reuters/Tiksa Neeri/File Photo)
The German Foreign Ministry wrote on X, “After years of delicate peace, South Sudan is once again on the verge of civil war.”
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“President Keer and Vice President Machchar are immersing the country in a spiral of violence. It is his responsibility to end this insensitive violence and finally implement the peace agreement.”
Nicholas Hasom, head of the Piskipping head of South Sudan, has also said that he is concerned that the country is “on the verge of relay in the civil war”.
