South Sudan's Riek Machar in Juba for talks as peace deal falters

South Sudan opposition leader Riek Machar (centre) greets soldiers when he arrived in the capital Juba on September 9, 2019. PHOTO | JOSEPH ADUKATA

South Sudan's exiled opposition leader Riek Machar arrived in Juba on Saturday in a bid to salvage a peace deal with less than a month to go until he is to form a government with President Salva Kiir.

The foes, whose falling out in 2013 triggered a bloody civil war that has left almost 400,000 people dead and sparked a major humanitarian crisis, signed a peace deal in September last year that is meant to see them reunite once again in government.