Four South Sudan Soldiers Killed in Pay Dispute

Officials in Central Equatoria state said Tuesday that four soldiers were killed and several more wounded in a shootout at a military barracks in Yei River county, in the south of the country. Yei mayor Santo Paul Lasuba said the deadly incident appeared to have been sparked by a disagreement over pay. A former commander at the barracks accused the new commander of witholding pay that he was owed from months earlier. "Without any conversation, he started to load his pistol and...

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