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Exclusive: South Africa holds South Sudan rebel leader Machar as ‘guest’
7:05 CAT | 13 Dec 2016
Reuters (File photo) / South Sudan's rebel leader Riek Machar talks on the phone in his field office in a rebel-controlled territory in Jonglei State, South Sudan, February 1, 2014
South Sudanese rebel leader Riek Machar, who fled to Democratic Republic of Congo in August after fierce fighting, is being held in South Africa to stop him stirring up trouble, diplomatic and political sources said on Tuesday.
A well-connected regional political consultant said Machar was being kept “basically under house arrest” near Pretoria with his movements restricted and his phone calls monitored and controlled.
Foreign ministry spokesman Clayson Monyela denied Machar was being held against his will, describing him instead as a “guest” of Pretoria as South Africa tried to prevent South Sudan’s civil war sliding into genocide. A Machar spokesman in Ethiopia denied any restrictions and dismissed the reports as misinformation.
Source: Reuters
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