Forces loyal to the vice-president of South Sudan say their positions in the capital, Juba, have been attacked by government troops. UN representatives reported heavy exchanges of gunfire near their headquarters in the suburb of Jebel. The clashes follow days of fighting between supporters of President Salva Kiir and...
Dozens of people have been killed by clashes in South Sudan's capital Juba, military, medical and journalistic sources have said. Gunfire broke out on Friday evening near the state house where President Salva Kiir was meeting his sometime rival, Vice-President Riek Machar. Estimates of the death toll vary, but most accounts...