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First Vice President Riek Machar was placed under house arrest in the national capital of Juba on Wednesday night, as the United Nations mission in the country called for restraint amid rising tensions across the country.

“Following reports tonight of the detention of First Vice President Riek Machar, the UN Mission in South Sudan calls on all parties to exercise restraint and uphold the Revitalized Peace Agreement,” Nicholas Haysom, special representative of the UN secretary-general to South Sudan and head of the UN Mission in South Sudan, said in a statement issued on Wednesday night.