Jonglei clashes (2025–present)

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Beginning in December 2025, and intensifying in 2026, clashes began between the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-in-Opposition (SPLA-IO) and South Sudan People's Defence Forces (SSPDF) within Jonglei State, South Sudan. The SPLA-IO launched an offensive in late December to capture several government strongholds within the majority Nuer Jonglei State in response to the continued imprisonment and treason trial of their leader Riek Machar after the 2025 Nasir clashes. On 25 January 2026, the SSPDF announced the launch of Operation Enduring Peace to retake territory from the SPLA-IO. The clashes have led to fears that South Sudan would return to their civil war, which ended in 2020 with a power-sharing agreement, although Kiir's government claims that South Sudan would not return to civil conflict. It has also led to fears that the nation would be dragged into the civil war in neighboring Sudan.

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