S.Sudan Rebel Leader Returns as President Apologizes for War
- Machar return repeatedly delayed after dispute over weapons
- Country facing `staggering' humanitarian needs because of war
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South Sudanese rebel leader Riek Machar returned to the capital to join a transitional government with President Salva Kiir, who apologized for the suffering inflicted by a more than two-year civil war in which tens of thousands of people died.
Machar was sworn in as vice president after arriving in Juba on Tuesday aboard a United Nations flight from neighboring Ethiopia. Both Machar and Kiir pledged to resolve differences that have led to repeated delays in implementing a peace deal they reached in August as the violence wore on.