In South Sudan, the world's youngest country, a fragile power-sharing deal is teetering. On Thursday, the country's opposition said that the arrest of Vice President Riek Machar means that the 2018 peace deal that ended a brutal civil war had been invalidated.

The US embassy and other diplomatic missions have reduced their presence to a minimum. On Saturday, the German government temporarily closed its embassy in the capital Juba.

"After years of fragile peace, South Sudan is once again on the brink of civil war," German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock posted on social media.

Patrick Oyet, DW correspondent, described the situation as grim. "The military is patrolling the streets of Juba, people are afraid, there is no information from the government about the way forward," Oyet, president of the Union of Journalists in South Sudan, said.

"We have little hope that everything will be okay."

Richard Orengo, the country director of the International Rescue Committee (IRC), also fears a further escalation in South Sudan. "We are concerned that if the international community and neighboring countries do not defuse the situation in time, the situation can quickly escalate into a full-blown conflict that will exacerbate the current crisis we already have in the country," he told DW.

Over 50,000 people alone have been displaced since February. "South Sudan is on the brink of a humanitarian collapse," especially after US President Donald Trump cut........

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