Tun a cikin shekara ta 2013 ce dai shugaba Salva Kiir ya safke Riek Machar daga mukaminsa na mataimakin shugaban kasa, tun daga lokacin kuma suka fara takun saka, inda gwamnatin kasar ta dare biyu, wasu na goyon bayan shugaban kasar, wasu kuma suna goyon bayan Riek Machzr, inda daga karshe dai ya shelanta tawaye, kuma manyan janar-janar na sojin kasar suka mara masa.
