South Sudan rebel leader Machar back in Juba after two years

South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar (centre) is welcomed after arriving at Juba airport in South Sudan, on October 31, 2018. PHOTO | REUTERS

South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar returned to the capital Juba for the first time in more than two years on Wednesday to take part in a peace ceremony.

Machar, who under the terms of a peace deal is to be reinstated as vice president, had not set foot in the city since he fled in July 2016 under a hail of gunfire when an earlier peace accord collapsed.