South Sudan's Vice-President Riek Machar has been charged with murder, treason and crimes against humanity over an attack on a military base that killed more than 250 soldiers, the justice minister said Thursday.
A fragile power-sharing agreement between President Salva Kiir and his first vice-president Machar has been unravelling for months in the world's youngest country.Â
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