The Guardian view on South Sudan : the world's youngest nation is on the brink of a new (…)

The arrest of vice-president Riek Machar takes the country closer to a second civil war After less than a decade and a half in existence, the world’s newest country, South Sudan, appears to be sliding towards a second civil war. A 2018 power-sharing deal between President Salva Kiir and Riek (…)