Machar ‘ouster’ signals fissures in South Sudan nascent govt of national unity

South Sudan’s First Vice President Riek Machar

South Sudan’s First Vice President Riek Machar. PHOTO | FILE | NMG


South Sudan’s political fissures in the unity government could be behind the attempted ouster of First Vice-President Riek Machar by the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in Opposition [SPLM-IO].

On Thursday, Dr Machar’s allies were pushing back an attempt by a group of generals in the SPLM-IO who had a day earlier declared him sacked and replaced as leader of the group and as vice-president.