{"id":29151,"date":"2025-03-27T06:16:27","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T10:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=29151"},"modified":"2025-03-27T06:16:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T10:16:27","slug":"south-sudan-vp-machar-under-house-arrest-his-party-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2025\/03\/27\/south-sudan-vp-machar-under-house-arrest-his-party-says\/","title":{"rendered":"South Sudan VP Machar under house arrest, his party says"},"content":{"rendered":"
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South Sudan’s First Vice-President Riek Machar, a long-time rival of the country’s President Salva Kiir, has been placed under house arrest, his party says.<\/b><\/p>\n

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).<\/p>\n

“Technically, Dr Machar is under house arrest, but the security officials initially tried to take him away,” said Reath Muoch Tang, chairman of the party’s foreign relations committee.<\/p>\n

The government is yet to comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The UN has been warning that South Sudan is on the brink of a return to civil war following an escalation of conflict between Machar and the president that has been building for weeks.<\/p>\n

The two leaders agreed in August 2018 to end a five-year civil war that killed nearly 400,000 people.<\/p>\n

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