A power-sharing deal between leaders Kiir and Machar unravels, threatening a return to South Sudan’s bloody civil war.

The First Vice President of South Sudan Riek Machar, a longtime rival of President Salva Kiir has been arrested. According to a statement released by his party, Sudan People’s Liberation Army In Opposition (SPLM/IO),

The papers said that Machar was removed from the vice presidency and under arrest. Machar purportedly rejected the documents and refused a request to officially resign. Machar was then relieved of his personal devices and placed under house arrest before being moved to another building within the same compound.