South Sudan opposition party says leader’s arrest cancels peace deal

There are concerns that South Sudan is on the brink of a renewed civil war following the arrest of the main opposition party leader, Riek Machar.

His party on Thursday said his detention has effectively collapsed a 2018 peace deal that ended five years of fighting which left hundreds of thousands dead.

It’s deputy chairperson, Oyet Nathaniel Pierino, said the agreement “has been abrogated” and that Machar’s arrest shows a lack of…