Analyst: South Sudan arrests signal no confidence in peace process

A South Sudan expert says the arrests this week of individuals affiliated with the country’s revitalized peace agreement signifies a lack of confidence in the process. South Sudan troops have arrested the oil minister and deputy head of the armed forces, both allies of Vice-President Riek Machar. The French News Agency (AFP) reports General Gabriel Duop Lam, a close ally of Machar, was arrested on Tuesday after the army accused him of supporting rebels in Upper Nile state in the northeast of the country. Brian Adeba, a senior policy advisor at The Sentry – an organization that seeks to disable multinational predatory networks benefiting from violent conflict, tells VOA’s James Butty, both sides should pursue de-escalation to mitigate the rising tension.