South Sudan: Rebel Leader Riek Machar Accused of Enlisting Ethiopians

A former Ethiopian rebel leader has accused former South Sudan vice president Riek Machar of recruiting the Nuer community in Gambela region to fight on his side in the civil war in the country.

Thowath Pal Chay, the former commander of the Ethiopian Peoples Patriotic Front (EPPF), which has since signed a peace agreement with the Ethiopian government, told The EastAfrican that the use of Ethiopian Nuer could spread the conflict across the border into western Ethiopia.

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