South Sudan's Vice President Riek Machar was arrested, according to his party, the growing tension in the world's youngest country has increased, the United Nations has exploded the peace deal and pushed the Peace Deal.
Mr. Machar was extremely detained by the National Security Service on Wednesday, and the press secretary Puok was both Baluang, he said. The Freedom Movement of the Sudanese people, Mr. Machar's political party, the head of the Defense Minister and the head of the Assembly of Machar, Machar's residence, disarmed the bodyguards, and “he decided to arrest under obvious charges.”
Mr. Machar and his wife Angelina Teny, the Minister of Internal Affairs, was placed under house arrest, the leader of the party Oyet Nathaniel Pierino, said in a statement. All Mr. Machar's assistants and protective workers were “arrested and transferred to separate locations.”
Arrested in 2018, Mr. Machar and President Salva Kiir ended the five-year civil war that killed the fragile peace agreement to about 400,000.
Mr. Pierino said that the vice president has effectively killed the peace agreement. Another senior official, Ititan Muoch Tang, called it “open violation of the Constitution.” One statement He was placed on social media, Mr. Machar violates the rule of law without the necessary process and threatens the stability of the nation. “
The US State Department said Mr. Machar's was concerned about the news that he was “under house arrest” and In an article on social media, He called on President Kiir “to return this action and prevent the situation in further increase.”
Also United States and British Due to the growing insecurity in the country, they will reduce their personnel in the embassies in South Sudan.
UN Mission in South Sudan gossip With the risk of Mr. Machar's prison risk “Betting the country to war”, “this will not destroy South Sudan, but also affect the whole region.
The 2018 Peace Deal capital Juba, among the largest ethnic groups in the country, Mr. Kiir Dink and Mr. Machar's Nuer has created a power sharing agreement. He also took measures to ensure that both parties share their earnings from oil exports.
But all of them appeared Retrieved income In recent weeks, deep seated political and ethnic tensions were ignited and collided with both sides. There is violence displaced Since February, at least 50,000 people, UN and at least 10,000 people have surveyed the security of Ethiopia.
On Wednesday, the United Nations, South Sudan's military and opposition forces collided in the south and west of the capital in recent days.
Last month, Machar's political party, who followed the fans and the vice-president, including the head of the Army, General Gabriel Duop Lam, and the Oil Minister, Puot Kang Chol followed. At least 22 political and military leaders related to MACHAR were detained in recent weeks Some of them are still unknownHuman rights time said.
In the upper northern state of the country, South Sudan's National Army collided with an armed force that was allied with Machar. This month, UN helicopter, wounded soldiers evacuated from the state attackeda general that causes a crew member and several military officials.
Mr. Machar arrested a few days after the placement of the troops in the country, which was a strong letter to the United Nations and the African Union, came a few days later. Their presence said he violated the peace agreement. Ugandan's Defense Minister Yagub Oboth asked Mr. Kiir to be placed in Ugandan soldiers last week.
Uganda President Yoweri Museveni was often an ally of Mr. Kiir. Uganda is concerned that a large-scale conflict in the neighboring country can result in an increase in refugees from the border and lead to more regional instability.