Fears intensify of return to civil war as South Sudan vice-president arrested

27/03/2025 13:39 The Guardian

Riek Machar’s house arrest and armed clashes signal ‘a severe unravelling’ of 2018 peace deal, his party saysSouth 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...

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