UK advises British nationals in South Sudan to leave

28/3/2025 6:28

Britain on Thursday advised

its citizens in South Sudan to leave the country following

rising tensions that have brought the East African nation to the

brink of renewed civil war.



"If you are in South Sudan and judge it safe to do so, you

should leave now," Britain's foreign office said in new travel

advice.



Britain continues to advise against all travel to the

country due to the risk of armed conflict, it added.



Western countries including the U.S., Britain and Germany

have closed their embassies or reduced operations in South Sudan

amid growing tensions in recent weeks between South Sudan's

First Vice-President Riek Machar and his rival, President Salva

Kiir.



Machar's party said earlier on Thursday that his detention

under house arrest had effectively collapsed the peace deal that

ended the 2013-2018 civil war that left hundreds of thousands of

people dead.



"South Sudan's leaders must make efforts to de-escalate,"

British foreign minister David Lammy said in a post on X,

echoing calls for restraint from other Western countries and the

United Nations.



"A descent into violence and conflict is in no-one's

interests."