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South Sudan accuses Kenya of border encroachment

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir attends the swearing-in ceremony for Kenya's William Ruto at Kasarani stadium in Nairobi on September 13, 2022. [AP Photo]

South Sudan has accused Kenya of trying to steal disputed territory along their border after communal clashes left at least eight people dead.

Parliamentarians are piling pressure on South Sudanese President Salva Kiir to recall the house from recess so they can discuss the simmering border dispute. Fighting occurred last weekend in the area, in and around the town of Nakodok, a few miles from an oil field on the Kenyan side of the border.

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