Treason trial of South Sudan's suspended VP is further eroding peace deal, UN experts say
The treason trial of South Sudan’s suspended vice president is further eroding a 2018 peace agreement he signed with President Salva Kiir, U.N. experts warned in a new report. As Riek Machar’s trial is taking place in the capital, Juba, the experts said forces from both sides are continuing to confront each other across much of the country and there is a threat of renewed major conflict. U.N. peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix told the U.N. Security Council last month that the crisis in So
