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Opposition leader Riek Machar leaves South Sudan for Kinshasa

South Sudan's former vice president and opposition leader Riek Machar has not been seen in Juba since the July 11, 2016 clashes. AFP PHOTO | ZACHARIAS ABUBEKER

South Sudan's former vice president and opposition leader Riek Machar has left the country after a nearly month-long stay in the bushes in Western Equatoria where he had fled following fierce fighting with government troops.

Water and Irrigation Minister, Mabior Garang de Mabior told The EastAfrican that Dr Machar arrived in Kinshasa on Monday in transit to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia where he will be waiting for countries in the region to intervene in the Juba crisis.

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