Could South Sudan have another civil war? - What in the World podcast, BBC World Service

Tensions in South Sudan are rising, threatening an already fragile peace deal between President Salva Kiir and his rival First Vice-President Riek Machar.

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They signed the peace agreement in 2018 to end a five-year civil war that killed nearly 400,000 people. But now, many are worried that South Sudan could be on the brink of another civil war.

Ashley Lime, a BBC reporter in Nairobi, explains why this latest violence has escalated and outlines the relationship between these two leaders.

00:00 Intro
00:35 South Sudan as a country
01:08 Salva Kiir
01:56 Riek Machar
02:20 Civil war in 2011
03:26 Peace deal in 2013
04:30 What’s happening now?
05:42 Riek Machar arrest
06:06 What does the SPLM-IO stand for?
06:38 What is it like in South Sudan now?
07:53 What has been the response from abroad?
08:49 How likely is it that South Sudan will have another civil war?

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