On October 13, 2025, the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan reported that approximately 300,000 South Sudanese had fled the country this year, primarily due to intensifying internal conflict. A United Nations (UN) investigator noted that the worsening political crisis was fuelling renewed armed violence, further exacerbating the already severe humanitarian and human rights situation in the country.

On September 11, 2025, South Sudanese President Salva Kiir issued a presidential decree suspending First Vice President Riek Machar from his position, pending a trial on charges including treason, murder, and crimes against humanity.

On March 26, 2025, President Kiir placed First Vice President Machar and his wife, Minister of Interior Angelina Teny, under house arrest. The detention came after the White Army overran an army base in Nasir, and government forces suffered a significant defeat, the event that marked the political crisis in 2025.

Between April and June 2025, the UN Mission in South Sudan’s (UNMISS) Human Rights Division (HRD) recorded 438 civilian victims of violence linked to key armed actors, marking a 204 per cent increase compared to the same quarter in........

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