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FILE - South Sudan's rebel leader Riek Machar speaks to the media about the situation in South Sudan following a peace agreement the week before with the government, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Monday, Aug. 31, 2015. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene, File)

Concern grows for safety of South Sudan opposition leader facing treason and other charges

By Deng Machol and Rodney Muhumuza - Associated Press

FILE - South Sudan's President Salva Kiir, right, and Vice President Riek Machar, left, attend a Holy Mass led by Pope Francis at the John Garang Mausoleum in Juba, South Sudan Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

South Sudan is teetering on the edge of renewed civil war, U.N. envoy says

By Edith M. Lederer - Associated Press

FILE - South Sudan's president Salva Kiir, left, and vice-president Riek Machar, right, shake hands after meetings in Juba, South Sudan, on Oct. 20, 2019, to discuss outstanding issues to the peace deal. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick, File)

Uganda deploys special forces to South Sudan to protect the government as fears of civil war grow

By Rodney Muhumuza - Associated Press

South Sudan's president Salva Kiir, left, and vice-president Riek Machar, right, shake hands after meetings in Juba, South Sudan, on Oct. 20, 2019, to discuss outstanding issues to the peace deal. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick, File)

1 crew member killed as U.N. helicopter is attacked in violence-prone South Sudan

By Rodney Muhumuza - Associated Press

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir attends the state funeral of Kenya's former president, Daniel arap Moi, at Nyayo Stadium in the capital Nairobi, Kenya, Feb. 11, 2020. An explosion of violence in South Sudan is raising fears that the country's fragile peace agreement could unravel before the transitional government wraps up early next year. (AP Photo/John Muchucha, File)

Explosion of violence in South Sudan threatens peace pact

By Deng Machol - Associated Press

This photo provided by Organization for the General Coordination of Camps for Displaced and Refugees, smoke rises from Abu Zar camp for displaced persons in West Darfur, Sudan, on Tuesday, April 6, 2021. The death toll from tribal violence in Sudan’s Darfur region climbed as sporadic clashes continued on Tuesday, a local medical group and aid worker said. The violence poses a challenge to efforts by Sudan’s transitional government to end decades-long rebellions in areas like Darfur, where conflict often falls along ethnic lines. (Organization for the General Coordination of Camps for Displaced and Refugees via AP)

UN experts say South Sudan divisions widen, new war possible

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

UN experts: South Sudan’s latest peace effort has stalled

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

The president of South Sudan, Salva Kiir Mayardit, left, swears in Dr. Riek Machar as the first Vice President of South Sudan, in Juba, South Sudan Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020. South Sudan opened a new chapter in its fragile emergence from civil war Saturday as rival leaders formed a coalition government. (AP Photo/Charles Atiki Lomodong )

South Sudan’s rivals form unity government meant to end war

By MAURA AJAK - Associated Press

South Sudan appears to clear key hurdle to unity government

By MAURA AJAK - Associated Press

FILE - In this Saturday, May 25, 2019 file photo, South Sudan's President Salva Kiir arrives for the swearing-in ceremony of Cyril Ramaphosa at Loftus Versfeld stadium in Pretoria, South Africa. A new report made public in Nov. 2019 says South Sudan's National Security Service has recruited a force of 10,000 fighters in President Salva Kiir's ethnic stronghold, in apparent breach of the terms of the country's peace deal. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)

UN: South Sudan recruits new force, contrary to peace deal

By CARA ANNA - Associated Press

US ‘gravely disappointed’ by South Sudan unity gov’t delay

By SAM MEDNICK - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, June 21, 2018 file photo, South Sudan's President Salva Kiir, left, and opposition leader Riek Machar shake hands during peace talks in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. A new report by the International Crisis Group warned on Monday, Nov. 4, 2019 that South Sudan is &quot;barreling toward a crisis&quot; and could slide back into fighting as the country's warring parties aren't ready to form a coalition government on Nov. 12th, when it is planned for opposition leader Riek Machar to return and once again serve as President Salva Kiir's deputy. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene, File)

South Sudan faces crisis in forming new coalition government

By SAM MEDNICK - Associated Press

Pope Francis meets South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit during a private audience at the Vatican, Saturday, March 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, Pool)

Pope still hopes to visit South Sudan to promote peace

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Opposition soldiers chatted outside their base in Unity state. The South Sudanese government claims a shattering five-year civil war is finally over, but skepticism remains high. (Associated Press/File)

South Sudan hopes civil war peace deal holds this time

By Majak Kuany - Special to The Washington Times

In this photo taken Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018, people travel by canoe between small islands off the mainland from the opposition-held town of Nyal in Unity state, in South Sudan. The government claims a shattering five-year civil war is finally over, but skepticism soars and the latest attempt at peace already shows cracks. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

South Sudan claims civil war is over but skepticism abounds

By SAM MEDNICK - Associated Press