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Riek Machar charged with murder, crimes against humanity

South Sudan VP Riek Machar. [AFP]

South Sudan's Vice-President Riek Machar has been charged with murder, treason and crimes against humanity over an attack on a military base that killed more than 250 soldiers, the justice minister said Thursday.

A fragile power-sharing agreement between President Salva Kiir and his first vice-president Machar  has been unravelling for months in the world's youngest country.

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