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Rebel leader Riek Machar to attend peace ceremony in South Sudan

South Sudan's rebel leader Riek Machar. He will return to Juba to take part in a peace ceremony on October 31,2018. PHOTO | ASHRAF SHAZLY | AFP

By  AFP

South Sudan's rebel leader Riek Machar will return to the capital Juba this week to take part in a peace ceremony, a spokesman said Tuesday.

It will be the first time Machar has set foot in the city since he fled two years ago under a hail of gunfire when an earlier peace deal collapsed.

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