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Allies of South Sudan's arrested vice president denounce weapons ban

South Sudan's First Vice President Riek Machar in the garden of the Presidential Palace in Juba, February 3, 2023. [AFP]

The political movement of a detained South Sudanese vice president on Monday called on followers to ignore army orders not to carry arms in public and instead "remain armed and vigilant".

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