The former rebel leader says he’s confident he can still negotiate a peace deal with President Salva Kiir

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Riek Machar was South Sudan’s vice president until President Salva Kiir accused him of plotting a coup.

He became a rebel leader in the resulting civil war that’s left more than 25 000 people dead and displaced one-and-a-half million more.

Under international pressure, Kiir brought him back as vice president.

However fighting resumed between bodyguards of the two, Machar himself was wounded in the clash and he fled the country.

He tells the BBC program Hard Talk he has to return because his credibility is at stake.

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