Riek Machar Teny Dhurgon

This is most clearly seen in the size of the administration since the return of opposition leader Riek Machar to Juba in February...

According to the Revitalised Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (R-ARCSS) a government of national unity bringing in the former rebels of Riek Machar and others was supposed to rule for an interim period to prepare for the first elections since independence...

Equally worrying is the attitude of Riek Machar's chief military commander the UN-sanctioned Simon Gatwech Dual to the delays...

Resentment has been building at the top of the armed forces since Angelina Teny the wife of Salva's arch-rival Riek Machar became defence minister in the new Revitalised Government of National Unity...

   Angelina Niajany Teny the wife of First Vice-President Riek Machar Teny Dhurgon who was controversially appointed as defence minister recently refused to obey a summons to appear before the National Assembly's Covid-19 committee claiming that parliament was no longer constitutional under the peace agreement (AC Vol 61 No 7 A diversion for the premier)...

The new government is based on a six-strong collegiate presidency with Riek Machar Teny Dhurgon replacing fellow Nuer Taban Deng Gai as first vice-president and Taban becoming one of four (junior) vice-presidents along with existing Vice-President James Wani Igga Rebecca Nyandeng Garang and former South Sudan Opposition Alliance spokesman Hussein Abdelbagi Akol controversially selected by Salva from five competing SSOA candidates...

After the violent collapse of the most recent power-sharing government in 2016 there is no way that Riek Machar Teny Dhurgon will return from exile in Khartoum without a guarantee of security and little prospect of integrating the requisite joint VIP protection unit in time (AC Vol 57 No 10 Power without responsibility & Vol 57 No 16 Riek rival boosts Salva)...

Opposition leader Riek Machar Teny Dhurgon had refused to return to Juba by the 12 November deadline to form a unity government and be installed as first Vice-President...

The formation of a unity government has been thrown into doubt again after it was reported this week that Sudan People's Liberation Movement-In-Opposition leader Riek Machar would not join a coalition accusing the government of failing to make funds available for the implementation of the peace accord...

On 10 and 11 April South Sudan's rival warring leaders President Salva Kiir Mayardit and former Vice-President Riek Machar Teny Dhurgon met at the Vatican face to face for perhaps the last time before the two sides are due to form a unity government in May...

The government army loyal to President Salva Kiir Mayardit (now known as the South Sudan People's Defence Force – SSPDF) has made common cause with Riek Machar's SPLA-In Opposition (SPLA-IO) in a joint offensive against members of the National Salvation Front which backs the Equatorian strongman Lieutenant General Thomas Cirillo Swaka in his refusal to sign last year's Khartoum Peace Agreement (AC Vol 59 No 19 No cash no peace)...

The 12 September peace deal envisages the deployment of 4 000 regional peace-keepers to augment the UN Mission and provide security for the return of opposition figures – especially Riek Machar – who is due to return in May as First Vice President in the new power-sharing government but clearly has well-founded concerns for his security following the 2016 collapse of the previous agreement (AC Vol 57 No 17 Pax Salvatica)...