South Sudan's arrest of Gabriel Doup Lam violates peace deal, opposition says

Two close allies of the vice-president, a bitter rival of the president, are arrested.

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Gen Gabriel Duop Lam was arrested earlier this week, along with other senior officials of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO).

The detainees are all allies of Vice-President Riek Machar, whose rift with President Salva Kiir sparked a devastating war in 2013.

On Thursday morning, Machar's spokesperson said that the SPLM-IO did not know how their officials were or where they were being held.

"We are doing our best to avoid any escalation to the situation, however we need our partners in peace to demonstrate the political will to assure that this country will not go back to war again," Puok Both Baluang told the BBC's Newsday programme.

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