South Sudan Cease-fire Halts Clashes in Juba

People emerged from makeshift shelters in this capital city on Tuesday after a cease-fire silenced days of heavy fighting that has threatened to destabilize the world's newest nation. Forces loyal to President Salva Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar had battled each other with anti-aircraft guns, attack helicopters and tanks since Thursday – almost five years to the day since South Sudan declared independence from Sudan with promises of aid and support from world powers. “We...

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