South Sudan: top UN official in the country warns of risk of new civil war

The top United Nations official in South Sudan urged the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday to use its clout to prevent the world’s newest nation from again plunging into civil war.

Nicholas Haysom warned that the escalating rivalry between South Sudan President Salva Kiir and one of the country’s vice presidents has degenerated into direct military confrontation between their parties.

Recent fighting in the country’s north, the…