JUBA — The gunshots that rang out near Freedom Hall in Juba, where a court session linked to the trial of First Vice President Dr Riek Machar and seven co-accused was underway, have sparked allegations of a covert plot to assassinate Machar and overthrow President Salva Kiir.
In a statement, SPLA-IO spokesperson Col. Lam Paul Gabriel said on Saturday that the movement’s intelligence unit had uncovered what he described as a coordinated plan by…