South Sudan detains oil minister and military officials

Petroleum minister and senior military officials apprehended in South Sudan
Recent reports indicate that the South Sudanese minister of petroleum has been detained by military officials. ・South Sudan's petroleum minister detained by military officials. ・Arrests linked to officials allied with the First Vice President,
South Sudan detains oil minister and military officials in threat to peace deal
South Sudanese forces have arrested the petroleum minister and several senior military officials allied with First Vice President Riek Machar, Machar's spokesperson said on Wednesday, jeopardising a peace deal that ended a five-year civil war.
South Sudan general, oil minister arrested in threat to peace deal
South Sudan troops have arrested the oil minister and deputy head of the armed forces, both allies of Vice-President Riek Machar, as fears grew on Wednesday for the country's fragile peace agreement.
South Sudan security forces release peacebuilding minister, vice presidency says
Between Tuesday and Thursday, security forces arrested or put under house arrest several allies of Machar, including the petroleum minister ... in the fighting. South Sudan has formally been ...
South Sudan’s national Peacebuilding minister released
South Sudan’s national Peacebuilding minister, Stephen Par Kuol has been released, a day after his arrest by national security operatives.Puok Both Baluang, the acting press secretary in the office of South Sudan’s First Vice President Riek Machar,
Radio Tamazuj5d
Petroleum minister arrested amid rising tensions
South Sudan’s Petroleum Minister, Puot Kang Chuol, has been arrested in the capital, Juba, as tensions escalate between ...
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South Sudan: Minister and general arrested in crackdown
South Sudan's petroleum minister, Puot Kang Chol, was arrested at his home in Juba, the country's capital, along with several family members and bodyguards, according to a statement released ...
Al Jazeera on MSN6d
South Sudan arrests key Machar allies as army surrounds his house
Several allies of Vice President Machar arrested as soldiers surround his Juba home in latest threat to 2018 peace deal.
Radio Tamazuj5d
Petroleum minister, generals arrested over legal violations: Makuei
South Sudan’s Information Minister, Michael Makuei Lueth, has confirmed the arrests of Deputy Army Chief General Gabriel Duop ...
The Associated Press on MSN6d
Army surrounds South Sudan vice president's home as his allies are arrested
JUBA, South Sudan — South Sudanese soldiers ... while Machar ally and Petroleum Minister Puot Kang Chol was ...
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Another South Sudan minister arrested in escalation of standoff
Earlier this week, security forces arrested the petroleum minister, the deputy head of ... which broke out just two years after South Sudan gained independence from Sudan. A peace deal ...