South Sudan’s First Vice President Riek Machar has been charged with murder, treason, and crimes against humanity over alleged attacks by an ethnic militia on federal forces in March, the justice minister announced Thursday.
President Salva Kiir immediately suspended Machar from his post following the announcement, according to a decree broadcast on state radio. The move deepens the divide between South Sudan’s two main political factions, which fought a civil war from 2013 to 2018 that claimed an estimated 400,000 lives.
Justice Minister Joseph Geng said Machar allegedly commanded or influenced the White Army militia during the attacks in Nasir. He added that Petroleum Minister Puot Kang Chol was charged alongside Machar. Machar has been under house arrest since March.
International partners have repeatedly called for his release, warning that prolonged detention could reignite civil conflict.
The indictment names 20 other individuals, 13 of whom remain at large. Machar and Kiir had previously served in a unity government as part of the peace deal that ended the civil war, but sporadic violence and political tension have persisted.
Edmund Yakani, head of the Community Empowerment for Progress Organization, urged that the trial be fair, saying he hoped for “a competent court of law, not a kangaroo court of law.”
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