Heavy gunfire erupted late Thursday in South Sudan’s capital of Juba at the home of the country's former spy chief who has been under house arrest for the past two months, residents said. Koor has been under house arrest since early October after he was fired from the intelligence service. He had been the intelligence boss since 2011, when South Sudan became independent from Sudan. The government has not commented about Koor’s house arrest and reasons for sacking. South Sudan remains fragile despite a 2018 peace agreement that ended a five-year civil war in which more than 400,000 people died.

Source: Ethiopian News November 22, 2024 12:04 UTC