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South Sudan
Machar camp threatens to boycott 2024 elections

South Sudan's Vice President Riek Machar in Juba, 3 February 2023. © Simon Maina/AFP

As it becomes increasingly clear that South Sudan's opposition leader and first VP Riek Machar is under house arrest, his party is threatening to boycott next year's elections. The East African regional bloc IGAD is due to consider his case shortly. [...]

Published on 31.08.2023 at 04:40 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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