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| South Sudan: Five soldiers killed in Juba clashes | South Sudan: Five soldiers killed in Juba clashes |
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| Five government soldiers have been killed in clashes between rival army factions in South Sudan's capital Juba, a military official has said. | |
| Soldiers loyal to Vice-President Riek Machar are said to have opened fire at a checkpoint manned by troops of President Salva Kiir. | Soldiers loyal to Vice-President Riek Machar are said to have opened fire at a checkpoint manned by troops of President Salva Kiir. |
| Civil war broke out in South Sudan in 2013 after clashes between soldiers loyal to Mr Machar and President Kiir. | Civil war broke out in South Sudan in 2013 after clashes between soldiers loyal to Mr Machar and President Kiir. |
| Mr Machar returned to Juba in April after the two men reached a peace deal. | Mr Machar returned to Juba in April after the two men reached a peace deal. |
| These are believed to be the first serious clashes in Juba since then. | |
| Africa Live: More on this and other news stories | Africa Live: More on this and other news stories |
| 'We want peace - and ice cream' | 'We want peace - and ice cream' |
| The shooting comes ahead of South Sudan's fifth independence day on Saturday. | |
| Celebrations have been cancelled in order to save money. | |
| Mr Machar's spokesman Nyarji Roman said the situation was now calm after the shooting on Thursday night. | |
| "I want to tell the public that there should be no panic - the leadership ordered the two forces to go back to their barracks," the Agence France-Presse news agency quotes him as saying. |