Riek Machar Teny Dhurgon (born 26 November 1952) is a South Sudanese politician who has served as the First Vice President of South Sudan since 2020....
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Salva Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar over leadership of the SPLM. Tensions grew between forces loyal to Kiir and Machar and South Sudan plunged into...
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Emma McCune (section Riek Machar)
British foreign aid worker in Sudan who married then-guerrilla leader Riek Machar. She was killed when hit by a matatu in Kenya whilst expecting her first...
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President Salva Kiir accused his former deputy Riek Machar and 10 others of attempting a coup d'état. Machar denied trying to start a coup and fled to lead...
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formed by leaders of the former warring factions, Salva Kiir Mayardit and Riek Machar. The country continues to recover from the war while experiencing ongoing...
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cabinet, including his vice president, Riek Machar, ostensibly to reduce the size of government. However, Machar said that it was a step towards dictatorship...
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Vice-President Riek Machar respectively. In August 2015, both sides signed a peace agreement to end the South Sudanese Civil War. Machar was later reappointed...
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Garang's death in 2005 led Salva Kiir Mayardit taking over as President and Riek Machar as the Vice President. Full independence from the Republic of Sudan was...
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Schagen (1913–2008), Dutch actress and painter Riek Machar (born 1953), South Sudanese politician Riek Gai Kok, South Sudanese politician Reik (surname)...
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President Salva Kiir leading the SPLM-Juba and former Vice President Riek Machar leading the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-in-Opposition. Although...
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Machar may refer to: People: Agnes Maule Machar (1837–1927), Canadian author Josef Svatopluk Machar (1854–1942), Czech poet and essayist Riek Machar (b...
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theft and other miscreant behavior on the youths' part was increasing. Riek Machar, the White Army's erstwhile wartime ally, announced the White Army would...
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among the rebels led opponents of Garang's leadership, most importantly Riek Machar and Lam Akol, to attempt a coup against him. It failed, and the dissidents...
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closely connected to the family of Riek Machar, being the latter's brother-in-law as well as the cousin of Machar's wife Angelina Teny. In course of the...
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fighters from SPLA-Nasir, led by Riek Machar, and the militant group known as the Nuer White Army, shortly after Machar split off from the SPLA led by John...
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released, Bol's forces joined the SPLA splinter group SPLA-Nasir led by Riek Machar. He was shot and killed in 1999 under unclear circumstances. Bol was...
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1991, it gradually became coopted by the government. The break away of Riek Machar from SPLM/A resulted in Nuer ethnic group massacring Garang's ethnic...
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recaptured Mayom in Unity State from the SPLA. In 1991, Paulino joined Riek Machar’s faction. Paulino's Bul Nuer territory around Mankien and Mayom in Unity...
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opposition head Riek Machar denies coup bid". bbcnews.com. 18 December 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2013. "South Sudan rebel chief Riek Machar sworn in as...
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between Garang and senior SPLA commanders, Riek Machar and Lam Akol in August 1991. The splinter group led by Machar and Akol was named the SPLA-Nasir. This...
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Between Two Parties of Which Only One is a State. The SPLM/A appointed Dr. Riek Machar Teny, Deputy Chairman of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement and Minister...
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President of Sudan and President of the Southern Sudan on 11 August 2005. Riek Machar replaced him as Vice-President. Legislative power is vested in the government...
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decree including his vice president Riek Machar and SPLM party secretary general Pagan Amum shortly after Machar announced he would contest Kiir for the...
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position on 10 July 2011. In 2013 he joined the armed opposition under Riek Machar. In 2018 he broke away and announced himself as the leader of the Eastern...
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Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) and later for the forces led by Riek Machar during the Second Sudanese Civil War. Gordon Kong Chuol belongs to the...
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South Sudan, Riek Machar was inaugurated as the first vice president to President Salva Kiir. In July 2013, the entire cabinet, including Machar, was dismissed...
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five years to complete and would be conducted in stages. Vice President Riek Machar said in mid-December 2011 that the government of South Sudan is planning...
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Simon Gatwech Dual on 4 August 2021, in which he replaced Vice President Riek Machar as leader of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army in Opposition...
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Sudanese Civil War. In the course of that conflict, Par fought under Riek Machar with several rebel and pro-government groups, and eventually became a...
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pre-independence Sudan List of heads of state of South Sudan "President Kiir appoint Machar FVP ahead of South Sudan new cabinet - Sudan Tribune: Plural news and views...
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