Detained South Sudan ex-vice president ‘ready’ for trial

JUBA: South Sudan’s detained former vice president Riek Machar is “ready” to face trial and will appear in court on Monday, his lawyer told AFP on Saturday, as fears grow of renewed insecurity in Africa’s youngest nation. The government of President Salva Kiir this month charged Machar with murder, treason and crimes against humanity and stripped him of his position as first vice president in the unity government. His position was part of a 2018 deal between the two men that ended a five-year civil war that killed some 400,000, but the fragile agreement has been unraveling for months.

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