The political party of South Sudan's First Vice President Riek Machar has warned that his arrest on Wednesday invalidates the country's 2018 peace deal.

The detention of South Sudan's First Vice President Riek Machar has effectively collapsed the peace deal that ended the 2013-2018 civil war, his party said on Thursday.

A power-sharing deal between President Kiir and VP Machar has been gradually unraveling, threatening a return to the civil war that killed around 400,000 people between 2013 and 2018.

Opposition Says Vice President Machar’s Arrest Ends Peace Deal | Firstpost Africa | N18G Tensions in South Sudan are at breaking point after the arrest of First Vice President Riek Machar, a key rival of President Salva Kiir.

First Vice President Riek Machar reportedly arrested after armed convoy entered his residence in the capital, Juba.

South Sudan's First Vice-President Riek Machar, a long-time rival of the country's President Salva Kiir, has been placed under house arrest, his party says.

The UN warns that South Sudan has been pushed closer to conflict by the arrest of Vice President Riek Machar. He and the interior minister, his wife, have been detained at their home by forces

The top U.N. official in South Sudan is warning that the country is teetering on the edge of renewed civil war.