Gunfire rang out in South Sudan's capital on Friday hours after five soldiers died in clashes between rival factions, raising fears for a fragile peace process in the world's newest nation. Another Reuters witness said fighting seemed to erupt in the area around State House, while smoke rose above the city. "This incident also will be controlled, and then measures will be taken so that peace it restored." President Salva Kiir and former rebel leader Riek Machar, now first vice president, called for calm at the State House, where they had been in talks when the fighting flared. "This would be an untenable status quo even if there were political progress, which there is not," it added.

Source: The Star July 08, 2016 16:18 UTC