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South Sudan President Salva Kiir orders end to factional infighting

South Sudan President Salva Kiir. [Reuters]

South Sudan President Salva Kiir has called for a halt to fighting between forces loyal to Vice President Riek Machar and a splinter group that threatens the country's fragile peace process.

Clashes broke out earlier this month in the Upper Nile region between Mr Machar loyalists and supporters of Lieutenant General Simon Gatwech Dual after Mr Gatwech tried to replace Machar as the head of their party.

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