Germany temporarily closes the Embassy in South Sudan in the middle of fears of the Civil War

Germany has temporarily closed its embassy in South Sudan Capital Juba due to the increase in tensions that have led to the country of East Africa to the edge of the Civil War, the German Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.

President of South South Sale Kiir This week he fired the governor of the state of Alto Nilo, where the clashes have intensified between the government’s troops and an ethnic militia that accuses of allying with his rival, the first vice president Riek Machar.

It denies the intention of delaying the elections of South Sudan

The confrontation has increased concerns that the new newest nation in the world could return to the conflict about seven years after its appearance of a civil war That killed hundreds of thousands of people.

The president of South Sudan, Salva Kiir, Mayardit, the trainers for a group photo during the 38th Ordinary Session of the main state and the Government of the African Union at the headquarters of the African Union Commission (AUC) in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, February. 15, 2025. (Reuters/State/Photo File)

“After years of fragile peace, South Sudan is once again on the edge of the Civil War,” the German Foreign Ministry wrote in X.

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“President Kiir and Vice President Machar are sinking the country into a spiral of violence. It is their responsibility to end this meaningless violence and finally implement the peace agreement.”

The United Nations South Sudan Peace Head of the Peace of the United Nations, Nicholas Haysom, also told him that the country is “on the verge of relapse in the Civil War.”