South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar to arrive in Juba today

The yesterday’s expected return of South Sudan’s rebel leader Riek Machar to the capital, Juba, has been delayed for a second time because of rain but he is expected to arrive in Juba today.

He had been due on Monday morning, to take up the post of first vice-president, a key part of the peace process aimed at ending more than two years of civil war.

His spokesman said he was initially delayed because of logistical reasons.

Mr Machar fled Juba at the start of the conflict in December 2013.

More than two million people have been displaced and tens of thousands killed in the fighting.

BBC

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