The United Nations is warning that renewed conflict in South Sudan has displaced over 300,000 people so far in 2025, raising fears of a return to full-scale civil war.

According to the UN Commission on Human Rights, the ongoing power struggle between President Salva Kiir and suspended First Vice President Riek Machar is pushing the country toward a dangerous tipping point. The Commission is calling for urgent regional intervention.

South Sudan has been plagued by instability since gaining independence in 2011, with a brutal civil war breaking out in 2013 when Kiir sacked Machar. A peace deal in 2017 brought a fragile ceasefire, but that agreement is now unravelling.

The UN says immediate action is needed to prevent another devastating war in Africa’s youngest nation.