UN warns of conflict in South Sudan amid reports of VP Riek Machar’s arrest | Riek Machar News

First Vice President Riek Machar reportedly arrested after armed convoy led by government officials entered his residence in the capital, Juba.

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has called on all parties to exercise restraint amid reports of the arrest of First Vice President Riek Machar – the longtime rival of the country’s President Salva Kiir.

UMISS chief Nicholas Haysom said the country risked losing the “hard-won gains of the past seven years” if the world’s…