"South Sudan's opposition has called on its forces to mobilize for 'regime change' in response to leader Riek Machar's arrest. The fragile 2018 peace deal faces collapse, but how did it come to this? At loggerheads: Riek Machar and Salva Kiir were meant to lead South Sudan into an era of prosperity, but instead a brittle power-sharing agreement is in danger of collapseImage: Alex McBride/AFP"
"On Monday, lawmaker Joseph Malwal Dong told DW the SPLM-IO (Sudan People's Liberation Movement in Opposition) would defend its leader, Riek Machar, by legal means. He accused the Kiir-led government of obstructing the peace deal by sidelining the SPLM-IO by dismissing ministers, governors and MPs without consultation. "They have done the same in the parliament, they have been dismissing people and appointing people without our concern. That means the government is not interested in implementing or respecting the agreement," he said."
South Sudan's power-sharing arrangement from 2018 is unraveling after Vice President Riek Machar faced treason and other charges. The SPLM-IO accuses President Salva Kiir's government of sidelining its ministers, governors and MPs, dismissing and appointing officials without consultation. Lawmakers say such actions obstruct implementation of the peace agreement. Deep ethnic division between Kiir's Dinka and Machar's Nuer underpinned the 2013 conflict, which the 2018 deal sought to halt after five years of civil war. The United Nations estimates roughly 400,000 deaths during that war, and renewed mobilization raises the risk of returning full-scale conflict.
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