 Mutungamiri Salva Kiir akapomera kuti musi wa14 Zvita 2013, boka revanhu veSudan Peoples Liberation Army kunyanya veNuer vakavimbika kune aimbova mutevedzeri wemutungamiri wenyika Riek Machar vakaedza kupidigura hurumende uye kuti kuedza uku kwakabudiswa zuva rakatevera. Zvisinei, kurwisana kwakatanga, kuchipisa Hondo Yenyika yeSouth Sudan. Machar akaramba kuedza kutanga coup uye akatiza, achidaidzira kuti Kiir arege basa. Mauto eUganda akaendeswa kunorwa kudivi reKiir. Sangano reUnited Nations rine mauto anochengetedza runyararo munyika sechikamu cheUnited Nations Mission muSouth Sudan UNMISS. Muna January 2014 chibvumirano chokutanga chokumisa pfuti chakasvikwa. Kurwisana kwakapfuurira uye kwaizoteverwa nezvimwe zvibvumirano zvinoverengeka zvokurega kurwa. Nhaurirano dzakaperekedzwa ne IGAD inosanganisira nyika sere dzomunharaunda pamwe chete neAfrican Union, United Nations, China, EU, USA, UK neNorway. Kutevera chibvumirano chekumisa pfuti muna Nyamavhuvhu 2015, chinozivikanwa se Compromise Peace Agreement, Machar akadzokera kuJuba uye akapika semutevedzeri wemutungamiri wenyika. Kutevera kuputsika kwechipiri kweJuba, Machar akatsiviwa semutevedzeri wemutungamiri wenyika uye akatizira kuSudan uye kurwisana kwakatangazve. Kurwisana kwavapanduki kwazova rutivi rukuru rwekurwisana. Rwisano pakati pemapoka eDinka anotungamirirwa neMutungamiri wenyika naMalong Awan yakatungamirirawo mukurwisana. Muna Nyamavhuvhu 2018, chimwe chibvumirano chekugovana simba chakatanga kushanda. 