Macher has not been seen since the rival leaders’ forces clashed in the capital two weeks ago.

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Riek Machar’s replacement as vice president by former peace negotiator Taban Deng Gai has been criticised by some of the Machar’s supporters.

It has complicated a tense political situation driven back to the point of civil war by clashes that left 300 people dead.

There are  fears that Machar’s supporters will regard a  peace deal with President Kiir as broken.

Kiir is gambling on a majority of opposition politicians backing his new appointment.

Machar’s forces were outgunned by fighters loyal to the president early in July.

After  many of his bodyguards were killed, Machar

left the capital, Juba, demanding that a neutral peacekeeping force be deployed to guarantee his safety.

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