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Urgent: UN chief "deeply alarmed" by current fighting in capital of South Sudan

Xinhua, July 9, 2016 Adjust font size:

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday said that he was "deeply alarmed" by the ongoing fighting in Juba, capital of South Sudan, between soldiers of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) and the SPLA in opposition, and he urged an immediate end to the current conflict in the world's youngest country. Endit