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New VP Deng Gai blames Riek Machar for stalling peace pact

South Sudan's First Vice President Taban Deng Gai speaks during a press briefing at the Intercontinental Hotel in Nairobi on August 17, 2016. PHOTO | JEFF ANGOTE |

South Sudan’s first vice president Taban Deng Gai has accused rebel leader Riek Machar of stalling a peace agreement aimed at ending violence in the country.

Gai claimed Machar ran "a parallel government in Juba" before he fled following violence that rocked the capital in July.

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