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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Carlos Mureithi in Nairobi and agencies

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

Riek Machar
Riek Machar has been accused of supporting the White Army, a militia that clashed with the military in early March. Photograph: Samir Bol/Reuters

South 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.

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