Anxiety grips Juba as Kiir and Machar spar over security
South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and opposition leader Riek Machar after their peace talk at the State House in Juba on December 17, 2019. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
Tensions have been growing in South Sudan’s capital Juba as President Salva Kiir and First Vice President Riek Machar disagree on how to implement some security arrangements as stipulated in the 2018 peace agreement.
On Sunday evening, government forces are reported to have surrounded Machar’s home.
