Juba, South Sudan – A peace pact to end more than two years of civil war in oil-producing South Sudan is in jeopardy as one faction of the armed opposition moves to replace Vice President Riek Machar.
A delegation representing Machar in the capital, Juba, say they’re replacing him with Mining Minister Taban Deng Gai, citing loss of contact with the former rebel leader after recent violence. Machar is in hiding in the aftermath of five days of fighting in the city that started July 7 between forces loyal to him and President Salva Kiir and left at least 270 people dead, throwing their power-sharing agreement into turmoil.
