VP's arrest ends South Sudan peace deal, his party says

 

The detention of South Sudan's First Vice-President Riek Machar has effectively collapsed the 2018 peace deal that ended the country's five-year civil war, his party has said.

An armed convoy led by top security 😄😄officials😄 😄, including the defence minister, entered Machar's residence in the capital, Juba, and disarmed his bodyguards late on Wednesday, said the Sudan People's Liberation Movement In Opposition (SPLM/IO).

Machar was detained alongside his wife Angelina Teny, who is the country's interior minister, the party added.

"The arrest and detention of H.E Dr Riek Machar effectively brings the [peace] agreement to a collapse," said SPLM/IO deputy leader Oyet Nathaniel Pierino.

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