UN envoy urges Security Council to try to prevent renewed civil war in South Sudan

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The top United Nations official in South Sudan urged the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday to use its clout to prevent the world’s newest nation from again plunging into civil war.

Nicholas Haysom warned that the escalating rivalry between South Sudan President Salva Kiir and one of the country’s vice presidents has degenerated into direct military confrontation between their parties.

Recent fighting in the country’s north, the arrest of First Vice President Riek Machar and a campaign of misinformation, disinformation and hate speech are “fueling political and ethnic tensions — particularly on social media,” he said.

Haysom, the U.N. special envoy and head of the almost 20,000-s...
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