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The world’s youngest country fought for decades to govern itself. Now it’s on the cusp of another civil war

The world’s youngest country fought for decades to govern itself. Now it’s on the cusp of another civil war



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A peace deal ending a conflict that killed tens of thousands in South Sudan is in danger of collapsing, raising fears that the world’s youngest nation — and one of its poorest — could swiftly lapse back into war.

South Sudan split from the rest of Sudan in 2011 after decades of pro-independence unrest but has struggled to keep the peace in its territory, which is divided along ethnic lines.

It plunged into a civil war in 2013 and then again three years later, until the violence was stopped by a fragile ceasefire agreement in 2018.

The nation is governed by a coalition government, led by President Salva Kiir and five vice…

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