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South Sudan VP Machar charged with treason and murder, suspended by President - Sight Magazine South Sudan's First Vice President Riek Machar has been charged with murder, treason and crimes against humanity.

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South Sudan VP Machar charged with treason and murder, suspended by President @sightmagazine.bsky.social #SouthSudan #RiekMachar #SalvaKiir

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South Sudan clash kills 14 in renewed violence in north - Sight Magazine At least four soldiers and 10 militia members were killed in fighting in an area of South Sudan, the military said on Tuesday.

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South Sudan clash kills 14 in renewed violence in north @sightmagazine.bsky.social #SouthSudan #RiekMachar #SalvaKiir #WhiteArmy #SPLMIO #UpperNilestate

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11 months ago

Pope Francis Begged for Peace in South Sudan "Pope Francis gave us [in South Sudan] a gift. His humility, his presence, his prayers, they were not ordinary gestures. They were reminders that peace begins with each of us choosing it, every single day."

"Pope Francis gave us [in #SouthSudan] a gift. His humility, his presence, his prayers were not ordinary gestures. They were reminders that peace begins with each of us choosing it, every single day."

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Essay: South Sudan on the brink of civil war - bold action from the international community is needed - Sight Magazine MADHAV JOSHI, in an article first published on The Conversation, look at the challenges holding back peace...

1 year ago

Essay: South Sudan on the brink of civil war – bold action from the international community is needed. @sightmagazine.bsky.social #SouthSudan #SalvaKiir #RiekMachar #SouthSudanpeaceprocess

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Journal de l'Afrique - Pluies diluviennes à Kinshasa, des dizaines de morts et plusieurs personnes bloquées En RD Congo, des fortes pluies – survenues le vendredi 4 avril - ont provoqué d’importantes inondations dans la capitale congolaise… Une partie de Kinshasa se retrouve totalement paralysé… De nombreux dégâts matériels, un premier bilan provisoire fa…

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Des dizaines de milliers de personnes sont impactées.#Afrique #JournaldelAfrique #RDCongo #Inondations #BurkinaFaso #IbrahimTraoré #Journalisme #ReporterssansfrontièresRSF #SoudanduSud #SalvaKiir #RiekMachar #Ouganda #YoweriMuseveni (2/2)

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Uganda's Museveni arrives in South Sudan amid political crisis - Sight Magazine Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni arrived in South Sudan in the highest level mission there since the detention of the Vice President.

1 year ago

Uganda’s Museveni arrives in South Sudan amid political crisis @sightmagazine.bsky.social #SouthSudan #SalvaKiir #RiekMachar #YoweriMuseveni #Uganda

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Eye on Africa - South Sudan: peace on brink of collapse as crisis deepens Concerns have ratcheted up about security in South Sudan since fighting broke out between forces loyal to the two men behind the devastating civil war that only ended in 2018.

1 year ago

On Monday, Juba denied that Machar and his Interior minister wife were being detained at home.#Africa #EyeonAfrica #SouthSudan #war #peacetalks #SalvaKiir #RiekMachar (3/3)

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South Sudan says arrested VP Machar tried to stir rebellion - Sight Magazine Riek Machar is under arrest and will be investigated on charges of trying to stir up rebellion, the government said.

1 year ago

South Sudan says arrested VP Machar tried to stir rebellion @sightmagazine.bsky.social #RiekMachar #SouthSudan #SalvaKiir #Kenya #RailaOdinga #WilliamRuto

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Arrestation de Riek Machar : le Soudan du Sud se "rapproche" de la guerre civile, s'alarme l'ONU

1 year ago

Le gouvernement britannique a exhorté ses ressortissants à quitter "immédiatement" le Soudan du Sud. Les précisions de Bastien Renouil, correspondant de France 24 dans la région.#Afrique #SoudanduSud #RiekMachar (2/2)

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1 year ago

VP’s arrest ends South Sudan peace deal, his party says The detention of South Sudan’s First Vice-President Riek Machar has effectively collapsed the 2018 peace deal that ended the country’s five-year civil war, his party has said. An armed convoy led by top security officials, including the defence minister, entered Machar’s residence in the capital, Juba, and disarmed his bodyguards late on Wednesday, said the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement In Opposition (SPLM/IO). Machar was detained alongside his wife Angelina Teny, who is also the country’s interior minister, the party added. The US has urged the authorities to free Machar, while the UN, African Union and neighbouring countries have all expressed their concern. The UN Mission in South Sudan, Unmiss, warned that the world’s newest nation risked losing the “hard-won gains of the past seven years” if it returned to “a state of war”. “Tonight, the country’s leaders stand on the brink of relapsing into widespread conflict,” the mission said in a statement on Wednesday. The government is yet to comment on Machar’s reported house-arrest. But addressing religious leaders on Wednesday, President Salva Kiir said “he will never return the country to war”. Tensions have been building between Machar and the president for several weeks. The two leaders agreed in August 2018 to end the civil war between their forces that killed nearly 400,000 people. But over the last seven years their relationship has become increasingly strained amid ethnic tensions and sporadic violence. Earlier this week, the UN said that barrel bombs believed to contain a highly flammable liquid had been used in airstrikes during fighting between the army and a rebel group previously linked to Machar. “The arrest and detention of H.E. Dr Riek Machar effectively brings the [peace] agreement to a collapse,” SPLM/IO deputy leader Oyet Nathaniel Pierino told journalists on Thursday. “The prospect for peace and stability in South Sudan has now been put into serious jeopardy,” he added. A similar warning was issued by the UN mission in the country, which said the country’s leaders “stand on the brink of relapsing into widespread conflict”. The situation has been exacerbated by the deployment of Ugandan troops and their battle tanks into South Sudan, following a request by the country’s president, according to the UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan chair Yasmin Sooka. She says this raises serious concerns over potential violations of the UN arms embargo and the growing partisan role of foreign forces, which further endangers civilians and risks regional escalation. Tension remains high in Juba with a heavy military presence reported around Machar’s home. “The public are in a panic,” civil society leader Edmund Yakani told the AFP news agency. “There is a high chance of full-scale war but it will be more deadly and more violent because of [the need] for revenge,” he added. Pierino called on SPLM/IO members and the public to remain calm as diplomatic efforts continue to resolve the situation. The BBC understands that the African Union and the regional body, Igad, are expected to send high-level delegations to Juba on Friday, to help curb the escalating crisis. Reath Muoch Tang, chairman of the party’s foreign relations committee, said Machar was under house-arrest, but that security officials initially tried to take him away. “An arrest warrant was delivered to him under unclear charges,” Tang said in a statement, calling the action a “blatant violation of the constitution and the Revitalized Peace Agreement”. The UN mission warned that violations of the 2018 peace deal “will not only devastate South Sudan but also affect the entire region”. The British and US embassies have scaled down their diplomatic staff and urged their citizens to leave the country while the Norwegian and German embassies have closed their operations in Juba. The US has called on President Kiir to free his rival from the reported house-arrest, urging the two leaders to show commitment to peace. “We urge President Kiir to reverse this action & prevent further escalation of the situation,” the US Bureau of African Affairs wrote on X. The escalating tensions come amid renewed clashes between forces loyal to the two rivals in the northern town of Nasir in the oil-rich Upper Nile State. – BBC Additional reporting by Nichola Mandil in Juba The post VP’s arrest ends South Sudan peace deal, his party says appeared first on The Namibian.

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1 year ago

South Sudan vice president arrested, fearing escalation South Sudan’s first vice president, Riek Machar, was arrested in Juba, his party’s foreign relations committee chairman says in a statement. Machar’s detention raises fears that the situation in the country could again escalate into a civil war. The United Nations (UN) calls for all sides to “exercise restraint.” Machar, a long-time rival to president Salva Kiir, was arrested at his compound in an arrest involving “20 heavily armed vehicles,” Machar’s Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-in-Opposition party says in a statement. “We strongly condemn the unconstitutional actions taken today by the minister of defense and the chief of national security,” says the statement, also labelling the charges against Machar as “unclear.” The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (Unmiss) says the reported arrest has left the country on the brink of war. “Tonight, the country’s leaders stand on the brink of relapsing into widespread conflict or taking the country forward towards peace, recovery and democracy,” says Unmiss head Nicholas Haysom, who also called on all parties to “exercise restraint.” Clashes between forces loyal to Kiir and Machar took place over the past 24 hours, the UN reports. Foreign governments have warned of a renewed outbreak of the civil war in South Sudan after weeks of tensions between government forces and a militia that has historically been close to Machar’s forces, with Norway and Germany temporarily closing their embassies due to the security situation. According to the UN, some 50 000 people have been displaced due to the conflict in Upper Nile since last month. * DW The post South Sudan vice president arrested, fearing escalation appeared first on The Namibian.

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Detention of South Sudan's VP Machar cancels peace deal, his party says - Sight Magazine The detention of Riek Machar has effectively collapsed the peace deal that ended the 2013-2018 civil war, his party said on Thursday.

1 year ago

Detention of South Sudan’s VP Machar cancels peace deal, his party says @sightmagazine.bsky.social #SouthSudan #RiekMachar #SalvaKiir #UNMISS

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1 year ago

South Sudan clashes: VP Riek Machar's arrest ends 2018 peace deal, his party says Riek Machar and his wife are detained after a convoy of 20 armed vehicles entered his home, his party says.

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1 year ago

🚨 BREAKING: South Sudan Peace Deal Collapses

VP Riek Machar & Interior Minister Angelina Teny detained in Juba. Armed forces disarmed his guards. SPLM/IO says the 2018 peace deal is effectively over.

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South Sudan VP Machar's party trying to locate him after arrest warrant issued - Sight Magazine The party of South Sudan's First Vice President Riek Machar said it was trying to locate him after an arrest warrant was delivered.

1 year ago

South Sudan VP Machar’s party trying to locate him after arrest warrant issued @sightmagazine.bsky.social #SouthSudan #RiekMachar #SPLMIOparty #SalvaKiir

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Soudan du Sud : le premier vice-président Riek Machar arrêté, l'ONU craint une reprise des violences Le premier vice-président Riek Machar a été arrêté mercredi par les forces du président du Sud-Soudan Salva Kiir. L'ONU s'inquiète d'un possible retour d'un conflit généralisé.

1 year ago

Le premier vice-président Riek Machar a été arrêté mercredi par les forces du président du Sud-Soudan Salva Kiir. L'ONU s'inquiète d'un possible retour d'un conflit généralisé.#Afrique #SoudanduSud #SalvaKiir #ONU #RiekMachar

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Eye on Africa - South Sudan on brink of civil war, UN warns South Sudan's opposition says several of its key political figures were arrested on Tuesday. Just a day earlier, an army base linked to First Vice President Riek Machar was bombed as tensions rise in the country, seven years after the official end of…

1 year ago

A fragile peace is hanging by a thread in the world's youngest nation.#Africa #EyeonAfrica #SouthSudan #RiekMachar #SalvaKiir (2/2)

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South Sudan on brink of civil war as UN warns of rising tensions South Sudan is on the verge of another civil war, the UN’s top official in the country warned Monday, citing escalating violence and a stalled peace process.

1 year ago

Tensions between President Salva Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar have deepened, threatening to unravel the fragile 2018 peace deal and plunge the nation into renewed conflict.#Africa #SouthSudan #civilwar #SalvaKiir #RiekMachar #humanrights #ethnicconflict (2/2)

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East African bloc urges South Sudan to free arrested officials - Sight Magazine A bloc of East African nations called for South Sudan's government to release detained officials and lift security restrictions.

1 year ago

East African bloc urges South Sudan to free arrested officials @sightmagazine.bsky.social #SouthSudan #SalvaKiir #RiekMachar #IntergovernmentalAuthorityonDevelopment #IGAD #EastAfrica

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South Sudan situation deteriorating at alarming pace - UN rights body - Sight Magazine Increased violence and political friction in South Sudan threaten its fragile peace process, a United Nations rights body said on Saturday.

1 year ago

South Sudan situation deteriorating at alarming pace – UN rights body @sightmagazine.bsky.social #SouthSudan #SalvaKiir #RiekMachar #YasminSooka #UNCommissiononHumanRightsinSouthSudan #WhiteArmymilitia

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