South Sudan Rebel Leader Says U.S. Must Back Peace Accord
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The U.S. should urgently step up support to implement a peace accord in South Sudan that it played an “instrumental” role in creating, rebel leader Riek Machar said.
The East African nation, which has sub-Saharan Africa’s third-biggest oil reserves, erupted in conflict in December 2013, pitting forces loyal to President Salva Kiir against fighters siding with Machar, his former deputy. The clashes have killed tens of thousands of people, displaced more than 2 million and cut crude production by at least a third.