FILE PHOTO: SPLA soldiers stand in a vehicle in Juba, South Sudan, December 20, 2013. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic/File Photo
JUBA (Reuters) - When rebel leader Riek Machar fled the South Sudanese capital Juba last year, General Saki James Palaoko helped him escape government air strikes, evade the national army and slip into neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo.
Palaoko had played only a small part in the world's youngest nation's civil war until then but helped keep Machar's rebellion alive when it was near defeat.
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