Fears grow of return to civil war in South Sudan after vice-president’s detention
Placing of Riek Machar under house arrest comes after period of rising tensions and armed clashesSouth Sudan’s first vice-president and main opposition leader, Riek Machar, has been placed under house arrest, prompting a warning from the UN that the country is at risk of relapsing into widespread conflict.Machar’s party said his arrest had in effect collapsed the peace deal that ended the 2013-2018 civil war. Continue reading...
Placing of Riek Machar under house arrest comes after period of rising tensions and armed clashes
South Sudan’s first vice-president and main opposition leader, Riek Machar, has been placed under house arrest, prompting a warning from the UN that the country is at risk of relapsing into widespread conflict.
Machar’s party said his arrest had in effect collapsed the peace deal that ended the 2013-2018 civil war. Continue reading...
