South Sudan opposition says its leader Machar has been arrested as UN warns of a renewed civil war
South Sudan's main opposition party said in March 2025 that its leader, First Vice President Riek Machar, had been arrested, as the U.N. warned of a return to civil war and urged all sides to uphold a 2018 peace deal.

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