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Riek Machar
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South Sudan's rebel
leader Riek Machar says it is not safe for him to go home following a peace
deal in the country. The
agreement signed in August is meant to see Mr Machar return as vice-president -
a position he was sacked from several months before civil war erupted in
December 2013.
A
transitional government is supposed to take office 90 days from the signing of
the deal - which is in five weeks.
Mr
Machar, who is currently in the US, told the BBC's Newshour programme that his
return depended on security guarantees.
Asked
whether he had regrets for the deaths caused by his forces during the civil
war, Mr Machar replied that he was a victim.
"You
know in my house 34 people were killed and in my name over 20,000 people were
killed because I was accused of having plotted a coup, a coup which never
happened," he said.
However,
he said he recognized that atrocities and destruction had taken place.
Thousands have died in the
conflict between the rebels loyal to Mr Machar and government troops supporting
President Salva Kiir.
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