Ethiopia has reportedly announced that South Sudan’s former vice president, Riek Machar, will no longer be welcome into the east African country. Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemarian Desalegn said this during an interview with Foreign Policy magazine.
Reports indicated that Ethiopia was not the only country, which seemed to havelost patience with Machar. Early this week, Sudan reportedly blocked him from holding a press conference in the capital Khartoum.Marchar had been in Khartoum since last month, with reports saying that he was there for"medical treatment". “Sudan has received Riek Maxchar on humaniratian grounds and so he can have medical treatment,” Sudan’s government spokesperson Ahmed Bilal was quoted as saying at the time.Unconfirmed reports recently indicated that the rebel leader was seeking refuge in South Africa or the DemocraticRepublic of Congo. His close allies, however, denied the reports, saying he was not looking for asylum anywhere.
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ground must have shifted and regional leaders have sensed it. military momentum has moved decisively to salva kiir. that said, kenya has more interests in south sudan than anyone else so tusiropokwe ovyo ovyo just because ethiopia is doing so.
Machar soldier back home are stealing from civilians to survive now. Even though the country is poor, atleast govt soldier are better off but rebels are in suffering. They have behaving like bandits, blocking roads hijacking civilians who are travelling on the roads. They then run away with stolen luggage and burn vehicles so that they can’t be pursued