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South Sudan police announce nighttime curfew after looting in capital

South Sudanese President, Salva Kiir Mayardit meets with Chairman of the Sudanese Sovereignty Council and Sudan's army chief Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan in Juba, South Sudan on September 16, 2024. [AFP,Standard]


Police in South Sudan on Friday declared a nighttime curfew the morning after an anti-Sudanese demonstration in the capital Juba degenerated into looting.

Authorities had fired warning shots on Thursday after protesters pillaged Sudanese-owned shops during a demonstration against the reported deaths of 29 South Sudanese citizens in Wad Madani, the capital of Sudan's Al-Jazira State.

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