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Riek Machar. Riek Machar Teny Dhurgon (born 26 November 1952) is a South Sudanese politician who has served as the First Vice President of South Sudan since 2020. A member of the Nuer ethnic group, Machar earned degrees in engineering from Khartoum University and the University of Bradford. In 1984, he joined the Sudanese People's Liberation ...
The South Sudanese Civil War was a multi-sided civil war in South Sudan between forces of the government and opposition forces. In December 2013, President Salva Kiir accused his former deputy Riek Machar and 10 others of attempting a coup d'état. [ 51 ][ 52 ] Machar denied trying to start a coup and fled to lead the Sudan People's Liberation ...
Salva Kiir Mayardit (born 13 September 1951), [3] also known as Salva Kiir, is a South Sudanese politician who has been the President of South Sudan since its independence on 9 July 2011. Prior to independence, he was the President of the Government of Southern Sudan , as well as First Vice President of Sudan , from 2005 to 2011.
Battle of Juba (2016) A civilian casualty of the battle is carried to a makeshift grave. The Battle of Juba of 2016 was a series of clashes in South Sudan capital of Juba between rival factions of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) loyal to President Salva Kiir and Vice-President Riek Machar respectively.
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir and former rebel leader Riek Machar have agreed to form a transitional unity government even if they fail to resolve all their differences before a new deadline ...
According to an eyewitness report, on January 22, 1992, “a thousand men with modern infantry weapons” (Nuer SPLA fighters) razed four Dinka villages to the ground. One of Nasir's three rebel SPLA officers, Riek Machar, was presented to the Nuer as the new messiah. The total number of Dinka killed around Bor was estimated at over 1000, and a ...
South Sudan's First Vice President Riek Machar on June 19, 2024, in a letter written to the chief mediator Lazarus Sumbeiywo, expressed his concerns that the Tumaini Peace Initiative may sway the 2018 peace deal. According to Machar, the Tumaini Peace Initiative's draft document is designed to replace the 2018 Revitalised Agreement on ...
The election would have picked leaders to succeed the transitional government, which includes Kiir and First Vice President Riek Machar, whose respective forces battled each other during the civil ...