Tensions remain high despite power-sharing agreements, and violent local groups continue to bloody the world's youngest country in the shadow of conflict to the
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![The military wing of Machar's SPLM/A-IO said he had "completely failed" to show leadership [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/2021-08/GettyImages-1200867494.jpg?h=199d8c1f&itok=8gI2BUo4)
