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South Sudan in peril as opposition calls for regime change

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The delicate peace agreement holding the world's youngest nation together is unraveling, sparking fears of a return to full-scale civil war.

Breakdown
  • Opposition leader Riek Machar calls for supporters to mobilize for regime change. 5s
  • Machar's party labels the current government a dictatorship and urges enlistment for national service. 12s
  • Government charges Machar with treason and crimes against humanity, removing him from office. 27s
  • Machar's party denies the charges, calling them a political strategy by President Salva Kiir. 40s
  • The United Nations warns the crisis threatens the 2018 peace deal that ended the civil war. 49s
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