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              S. Sudan Rebel Leader: War Continues If Kiir Remains

   by VOA News

   South Sudan's rebel leader says the country's civil war will continue
   as long as President Salva Kiir remains in power.

   Riek Machar spoke to reporters in Nairobi on Wednesday, as South
   Sudan's parliament formally gave President Kiir a new three-year
   mandate. Lawmakers had voted to extend the president's mandate back in
   March.

   Machar said that according to the constitution, President Kiir's term
   ends at midnight July 8.

   He said that "Should President Kiir remain adamant and refuse to hand
   over power to the people, then the citizens have every right to rise up
   and overthrow his regime."

   South Sudan has endured 18 months of civil war between forces loyal to
   President Kiir and those allied to his former deputy, Machar. Fighting
   has persisted despite months of talks in Addis Ababa and several
   ceasefires.

   The United Nations refugee agency said this week the conflict has
   displaced more than 1.5 million South Sudanese internally and forced
   another 730,000 into neighboring countries. Ethiopia hosts 275,000 of
   them.
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