Tensions are rising in the oil-rich east African nation of South Sudan after Riek Machar who serves as a vice president was ...

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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Experts say Uganda’s involvement inflames tensions COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT REPORTERS & AGENCIES | The entry of soldiers ...

Who is 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's role in the south's fight for independence from Sudan had always been controversial ... Machar was blamed for an ethnic massacre of Dinka people in Bor carried out by Nuer fighters ...

Soon after, violence erupted between presidential guard soldiers from the two largest ethnic groups in South Sudan. Soldiers from the Dinka ethnic group aligned with Kiir, and those from the Nuer ...

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