Riek Machar

• ‘A new dawn’: South Sudan rival leaders form coalition government meant to end war

  A day after President Salva Kiir dissolved the previous government, opposition leader Riek Machar was sworn in as his deputy, an arrangement that twice collapsed in fighting during the conflict that killed nearly 400,000 people.

  World

  Feb 22, 2020
  
• South Sudan rebel leader reportedly flees country

  South Sudan's rebel leader has fled the country, a spokesman for his party said Thursday.

  World

  Aug 18, 2016
  
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• Canada compares ‘deplorable’ violence in South Sudan to Rwanda

  For the second time in a week the Canadian government has condemned mass killings in South Sudan and compares the situation to the Rwandan genocide.

  Canada

  Apr 24, 2014
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• Fighting continues in South Sudan despite talk of cease-fire

  A spokesman for South Sudan's military says fighting continues in the oil-producing Unity state despite ongoing efforts by regional leaders to get both sides to agree to an immediate cease-fire.

  World

  Dec 28, 2013