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S.Sudan Vice President Charged With Murder, Crimes Against Humanity

Machar was placed under house arrest a few weeks after the attack (Credit: AFP)

South Sudan's Vice-President Riek Machar has been charged with murder, treason and crimes against humanity over an attack on a military base that killed more than 250 soldiers, the justice minister said Thursday.

A fragile power-sharing agreement between President Salva Kiir and his first vice-president Machar has been unravelling for months in the world's youngest country.

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