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South Sudan Charges Vice President Riek Machar with Murder and Treason
Riek Machar and eight co-accused face serious charges linked to a militia attack killing over 250 soldiers and a UN pilot, with trial proceedings to be publicly accessible.
- South Sudan's Vice President Riek Machar has been charged with murder, treason, and crimes against humanity related to an attack that killed over 250 soldiers, according to Justice Minister Joseph Geng Akech.
- Machar has been under house arrest since the attack, which involved a militia known as the White Army and escalated political tensions in South Sudan.
- The government has charged 20 individuals with various crimes related to the attack, and international powers have warned that Machar's detention could lead to further conflict in South Sudan after a recent civil war that resulted in approximately 400,000 deaths.
- Justice Minister Joseph Geng emphasized that those responsible for atrocities will be held accountable, regardless of their political influence.
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South Sudan's Vice-President, Riek Machar, was charged with "terrorism and treason", announced on Thursday 11 September the South Sudan Ministry of Justice in a statement. Opposing and eternal rival of the head of State Salva Kiir, Riek Machar had been under house arrest for six months.
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S.Sudan vice-president charged with murder, crimes against humanity
South Sudan's Vice-President Riek Machar has been charged with murder, treason and crimes against humanity over an attack by an ethnic militia on a military base that killed more than 250 soldiers, the justice minister said Thursday.
In South Sudan, Vice President Machar has been indicted.
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