Heavy gunfire outside South Sudan president's compound
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Witnesses said heavy gunfire erupted outside the compound of South Sudan's president Friday evening, as President Salva Kiir was preparing to address the nation on the latest deadly fighting in the capital, Juba, which has sparked fears of a return to civil war.
Kiir and First Vice President Riek Machar, a former rebel leader in the country's recent civil war, were meeting about recent violence when the gunfire began. They told reporters they did not know what was happening.
The gunfire came a day after five South Sudanese government soldiers were killed in a shootout between opposing army factions in the capital. The UN mission also reported an attack which wounded a senior official.
