South Sudan arrests key Machar allies as army surrounds his house | Military News

Oil minister and deputy army chief arrested as soldiers surround Vice President Riek Machar’s home in the capital in latest threat to 2018 peace deal.

South Sudanese forces have arrested the petroleum minister and several senior military officials allied with First Vice President Riek Machar as soldiers surrounded his home in the capital, Juba.

Deputy army chief, General Gabriel Duop Lam, a Machar loyalist, was held on Tuesday, while Petroleum Minister Puot Kang Chol was arrested on Wednesday alongside his bodyguards and family.

No reason was given for the arrests, which came after an…