SOUTH SUDAN SENTENCES REBEL LEADER'S SPOKESMAN TO DEATH

A spokesman for South Sudanese rebel leader Riek Machar was sentenced to death on charges of treason and incitement against the government.
James Gatdet Dak was deported to South Sudan from Kenya in November 2016, a move that rights groups and the United Nations said was in breach of international law.
A high court in the capital Juba handed Gatdet the death sentence on February 12, as well as a combined 21 years for incitement and conspiracy against President Salva Kiir's government.