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Sunday July 11 2021
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Born in 1953 in the oil-producing state of Unity, Machar was the son of a chief and comes from the Nuer, a cattle-keeping people who are the second-biggest ethnic group in South Sudan after the Dinka.
He never underwent the traditional deep horizontal forehead scarring that differentiates Nuer men from boys and was sent to school instead of the cattle camps.
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A veteran rebel who slipped in and out of government, Riek Machar has been a central figure in South Sudan s bloody history, his charming gap-toothed smile masking a capacity for anger and ruthlessness.
Born in 1953 in the oil-producing state of Unity, Machar was the son of a chief and comes from the Nuer, a cattle-keeping people who are the second-biggest ethnic group in South Sudan after the Dinka.
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Nairobi
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Riek Machar: Wily warlord with pivotal role in South Sudan s bloody history
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09/07/2021 - 05:50 Riek Machar has been a central figure in South Sudan s bloody history Akuot Chol AFP/File 4 min
Nairobi (AFP)
A veteran rebel who slipped in and out of government, Riek Machar has been a central figure in South Sudan s bloody history, his charming gap-toothed smile masking a capacity for anger and ruthlessness.
Born in 1953 in the oil-producing state of Unity, Machar was the son of a chief and comes from the Nuer, a cattle-keeping people who are the second-biggest ethnic group in South Sudan after the Dinka.
South-sudan
Kenya
Dinka
Wilayat-shimal-bahr-al-ghazal
United-kingdom
Sudan
Nuer
Wilayata-ali-an-nil
Khartoum
Al-khartum
Nairobi
Nairobi-area