The top UN official in South Sudan has warned the country is on the brink of a renewed civil war after the government abruptly postponed the latest round of peace efforts.
Describing the situation as “dire”, Nicholas Haysom, the UN Special Representative and head of the peacekeeping mission in South Sudan, said on Monday that international efforts to support peace will only succeed if President Salva Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar are prepared to engage constructively and “put the interests of their people ahead of their own”.
