U.S. Revokes All South Sudanese Visas Amid Growing Tensions

On Saturday, Marco Rubio, the Secretary of State, announced that the U.S. will take back all visas from people holding South Sudanese passports. He accused the South Sudan government of not helping the U.S. properly send back its citizens when needed. Rubio said, “Every country must help when someone needs to return home.” He also added that the U.S. will stop giving new visas to South Sudanese citizens to prevent them from coming to the U.S.

Things are not calm in South Sudan right now. The country’s situation is shaky, and fighting between government soldiers and opposition groups has been getting worse. Recently, the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, warned that South Sudan is on the edge of falling into another civil war. He said the country is facing a major security problem because of increased fighting and political chaos, especially after the government arrested First Vice President Riek Machar last week.