The German government is temporarily closing its embassy in South Sudan. Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock says that “after years of fragile peace, South Sudan is once again on the brink of civil war.

Germany has temporarily closed its embassy in South Sudan's capital Juba because of rising tensions that have brought the East African country to the verge of civil war, the German foreign ministry said on Saturday.

The United Nations chief is urging regional and international leaders to prevent South Sudan from falling “over the abyss” into another civil war, and to speak with one voice to support a return to pe