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Only a third force will avert return to bloody conflict in South Sudan

South Sudan President Salva Kiir (centre) holds hands with new First Vice President Taban Deng Gai (left) and Second Vice President James Wani Igga inside the Presidential Palace in Juba. [Photo: Reuters]

South Sudan First Vice President Riek Machar, fled Juba at the height of renewed conflict between forces loyal to him and those loyal to President Salva Kiir. Dr Machar had returned to Juba in early 2016 to take up his former post as First Vice President following the signing of a peace deal between him and Kiir in August 2015.

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