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Shooting heard in Juba, South Sudan as military vehicles block roads

South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir. PHOTO: REUTERS

JUBA: Sporadic gunfire was heard in South Sudan's capital Juba late Thursday evening and military vehicles were blocking some roads, residents and a Reuters witness said.

Africa's youngest nation was devastated by a war that broke out in December 2013 when President Salva Kiir sacked his vice president, Riek Machar.

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