7 Mar 2014
Smoke billows out of the SPLA Giyada base after a firefight, 5 March 2014. [Radio Tamazuj]
Fighting that left dozens of soldiers dead at the SPLA Giyada base in Juba yesterday also resulted in the presumably accidental killing of three boys, according to an eyewitness.
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New Camp in Juba Will House 10,000 South Sudan Displaced

Displaced men rest in an improvised shelter at an UNMISS base in Juba, where nearly 30,000 people who were forced from their homes when violence erupted in South Sudan have sought shelter. [Reuters]
United Nations officials have signed an agreement with the government of South Sudan and the Chinese embassy to build a new camp in Juba to house thousands of South Sudanese who were forced from their homes by nearly three months of fighting.
7 Mar 2014
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Death Toll Rises in South Sudan Army Barracks Clashes

An SPLA soldier drives in a vehicle in Juba December 21, 2013. Troops were deployed around the city again in March after clashes at an army barracks claimed the lives of at least 24 soldiers. [Reuters]
South Sudanese army officials on Thursday raised the death toll from fighting at a military barracks in Juba from five to 24, as calm returned to the capital city after a tense night.
7 Mar 2014
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Government Blames Sporadic Gunfire On Indiscipline Soldiers

Michael Makuei, South Sudan’s government spokesperson says the sporadic gunfire that rocked Juba on Wednesday night was not a fighting but work of a few indiscipline soldiers. [File | Waakhe Simon]
South Sudan’s government spokesperson Michael Makuei Lueth said the sporadic gunfire that started about 8:30pm and continued until late in the night of Wednesday was orchestrated by indiscipline soldiers.
6 Mar 2014
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Tense calm after nighttime shootings in Juba

An aerial view of Juba city indicating the areas where the shootings occured on Wednesday. [Courtesy photo]
Gunfights and sporadic shooting in various parts of the South Sudanese capital on Wednesday night gave way to a tense calm in many areas later in the night and throughout the early morning hours on Thursday.
6 Mar 2014
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Army Speaks Out On Juba Gunshots

SPLA soldiers stand in a vehicle in Juba days after clashes erupted in December. Fresh fighting at the headquarters of SPLA ground forces triggered panic among Juba residents Wednesday. [File-Reuters]
"I was told five people have been killed during the fighting but this was just within the commando unit. Other officers kept working normally.”
5 Mar 2014
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Lakes State’s New Ministers Take Oath

Lakes state military caretaker Governor Maj-Gen Matur Chut Dhuol has sworn in his newly appointed ministers. [File photo]
Lakes state military caretaker Governor Maj-Gen Matur Chut Dhuol has sworn in his newly appointed ministers as other Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) party members absconded from the function.
5 Mar 2014
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