In 2013 Kiir fired his vice-president Machar, and fighting between the two ensued.
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However, Machar said it was a step towards dictatorship
and that he would challenge Kiir for the presidency.
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St Machar's Cathedral was built twenty years after David I(1124-1153)
transferred the pre-Reformation Diocese from Mortlach in Banffshire to Old Aberdeen in 1137.
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President Kiir has
said a group of soldiers supporting Mr Machar had tried to take power by force on Sunday night,
but were defeated.
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The next day, Kiir denounced Machar and other senior SPLM officials for staging a failed coup against his government,
a claim later denied by Machar and others.