SPLM-IO Officials Arrested in Warrap as Political Crisis Deepens in South Sudan

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Dr. Riek Machar  Tensions are mounting in South Sudan following the arrest of senior officials from the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO) in Warrap State. The detentions come just weeks after the controversial arrest of SPLM-IO leader and First Vice President Riek Machar in Juba. Among those detained in the state capital, Kuajok, are Kuec Deng Mayar, the Speaker of the Warrap State Legislative Assembly and SPLM-IO state chairperson; John Kok Deng, the state’s legal advisor; and Luka Thiony Majok, chair of the education committee. SPLM-IO spokesperson Pal Mai Deng condemned the arrests, calling them "a direct violation of the 2018 peace agreement." “These are not just politicians. They are representatives of the people. Their arrest is an attack on the very spirit of the peace deal,” Pal said in a statement seen by Radio Tamazuj. The 2018 peace agreement, which brought an end to South Sudan’s devastating five-year civil war, established a transitional ...
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President Salva Kiir Again Asked Dr. Riek Machar To Return To Juba

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South Sudan President Salva Kiir Repeated his earlier request for Dr.  Riek Machar to return to Juba and help in implementation of the peace agreement. 
Just last four weeks ago South Sudan President invited Riek Machar to come home to implement the transitional government which Dr. Riek Machar declined because of security reasons.  
Speaking this morning in during the transitional legislative assembly the President reiterated that “In the spirit of this peace agreement and our experience in Rome I once more extend my invitation to Dr. Riek Marcher to return home. I have completely forgiven him and all I ask from him is to become a peace partner for he is no longer my opponent, we have agreed and then we have to work together”
So we expect Riek Machar in Juba by November when he requested for the six months extension to form the interim government. 
More to follow shortly.... 

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