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Treason trial of South Sudan’s suspended VP is further eroding peace deal, UN experts say
The treason trial risks undermining a unity government amid ongoing clashes, with 7.7 million people facing crisis-level food insecurity, the UN reports.
- This week U.N. experts warned the treason trial of suspended vice president Riek Machar in Juba is further eroding the 2018 peace agreement with President Salva Kiir, as forces from both sides continue confronting each other nationwide.
- Slow implementation and a delayed election have weakened the 2018 peace agreement, as ethnic Dinka and Nuer divisions since December 2013 and years of neglect noted by U.N. experts persist.
- Kiir's government charged Machar and seven other opposition figures with treason and related crimes, while a March Nuer militia seized an army garrison and South Sudan's military increased aerial bombing operations.
- Humanitarian assessments show more than 400,000 people killed and 7.7 million people — 57% of the population — facing crisis-level food insecurity with pockets of famine in affected communities.
- Regional and continental bodies have called for Machar's release, and Jean-Pierre Lacroix, U.N. peacekeeping chief, warned last month that a `breaking point` is visible and time is `dangerously short` to restore peace.
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Arab NewsTreason trial of South Sudan’s suspended VP is further eroding peace deal, UN experts say
U.N. experts warn that the treason trial of South Sudan’s suspended vice president is further eroding a 2018 peace agreement he signed with President Salva Kiir.
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Treason trial of South Sudan's suspended VP is further eroding peace deal, UN experts say
U.N. experts warn that the treason trial of South Sudan’s suspended vice president is further eroding a 2018 peace agreement he signed with President Salva Kiir.
·United States
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