00:00Tensions remain high in South Sudan's capital, Juba. Major roads are blocked when the court sessions are on.
00:09Many schools as well as University of Juba remain closed when the trial is on.
00:14The government army has heavily deployed in the city, saying the move is to prepare for any eventuality.
00:20Many traders say the trial is paralyzing their businesses in the next court session.
00:25Reek Machar and his co-accused are expected to take a plea of either guilty or not guilty on charges of murder, treason and crimes against humanity.
00:34The prosecution will then start presenting its evidence against Mr. Machar and his co-accused.
00:40Mr. Machar's group says the trial is a political move to sideline him from South Sudan's political scene.
00:46His troops have already started fighting government soldiers in parts of the country.
00:49Reek Machar returned to Juba after a peace deal was signed in 2018.
00:54That agreement ended five years of civil war between his forces and those loyal to President Salvaqir.
01:00The violence killed 400,000 people.
01:03The charges against Reek Machar and his co-accused stem from an attack in March by militia known as the White Army,
01:10allegedly linked to Mr. Machar who killed 250 soldiers and an army general.
01:15Since then, Mr. Machar has been under house arrest.
01:18The trial is expected to last for several months.
01:21Since Patrick Oyet, Franz Wankar, Juba, South Sudan.
01:26The trial is expected to last for about 10 years.
01:27The trial is expected to last for about 22 years before the 43-16 day.
01:28She is greater than 30 years after a city.
01:29The trial is expected to match the
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