Jitters as South Sudan rebel Thomas Cirilo visits US

Former South Sudan Army deputy chief of general staff Thomas Cirilo. FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP

A visit to the US by a top South Sudanese rebel commander, Gen Thomas Cirilo, is causing jitters in his home country.

A report by The Dawn daily in Juba on Tuesday, suggested that the trip to Washington was part of a wider American plot against the latest South Sudan peace agreement.