South Sudan party partially withdraws from peace processtab Read more

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A major party in South Sudan’s coalition government said on Tuesday it had suspended its role in a key element of a 2018 peace deal as relations between its leader Riek Machar and President Salva Kiir deteriorate amid clashes and arrests.

The agreement ended a five-year war between forces loyal to Kiir and his rival Machar, who now serves as First Vice President leading the SPLM-IO party. But the two men have a fractious relationship, which has worsened in recent weeks following clashes in the country’s east.
Previously, the vice president was investigated for inciting the White Army, and with the entry of troops from the Ugandan army into the state of South Sudan and the tension of the security situation, UN organizations called for calming the situation in the already collapsed country.