Who is Riek Machar, South Sudan's embattled vice president?
The reported house arrest of Riek Machar, the former bush rebel leader who became South Sudan's First Vice President, marks ...
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Riek Machar, South Sudan's embattled vice president
The same year, Machar was blamed for an ethnic massacre of Dinka people in Bor carried out by Nuer fighters loyal to him. Machar was seen by some former rebel comrades as a traitor because of the ...
Fears of civil war in South Sudan stem from political rivalry between the president and his deputy
Both Kiir and Machar are historical leaders of the rebel movement — the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement, or SPLM — that ...
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Who is Salva Kiir, the former rebel leading fractured South Sudan?
Tensions between Kiir's Dinka people, the country's largest ethnic group, and Machar's Nuer community have lingered, with both men accused of putting tribal interests ahead of national priorities.