UN: South Sudan on Brink of Full-Scale War

A United Nations investigative body has raised the alarm that South Sudan is dangerously close to descending back into full-scale war, warning that entrenched impunity and escalating violence are destabilizing the country. The Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan (CHRSS) stressed that immediate measures are needed to halt widespread abuses and prevent the collapse of the fragile transition that followed the 2018 peace agreement. The report, presented during a Human Rights Council session, paints a grim picture of civilians caught in the crossfire, enduring killings, systematic sexual violence, and mass displacement amid a worsening humanitarian crisis....