Armed men ambush patrol in South Sudan, kill two UN peacekeepers

Two UN peacekeepers were killed and several others wounded in an ambush by armed men in South Sudan's Jonglei state. The attack targeted a patrol of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). UN Secretary-General António Guterres condemned the attack, stressing that targeting peacekeepers may constitute war crimes. The incident highlights the ongoing violence in South Sudan, where a 2018 peace deal between President Salva Kiir and opposition leader Riek Machar has collapsed, raising fears of a return to full-blown civil war.