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Gunfire near presidential palace in South Sudan

– ‘Isolated incident’ –

The peace process has all but stalled, with hardliners on both sides uninterested in a negotiated settlement and mistrust and bad faith characterising relations within the unity government.

Fighting has continued outside the capital with the most recent serious clashes taking place in the town of Wau late last month.

The peace deal was supposed to end a civil war that began when Kiir accused Machar of plotting a coup.

But Machar did not return to the capital until April, and fighting has continued despite the establishment of a unity government.

Roman said Thursday’s shooting began when two vehicles used by Machar’s bodyguards were stopped by soldiers. He said two former rebels were also injured in the clash.

Koang blamed the former rebels for the “hostile fire” but insisted it was “an isolated incident”.

Tens of thousands of people have died in more than two years of civil war, close to three million have been forced from their homes and nearly five million survive on emergency food rations.

The country is also facing an economic crisis with the currency collapsing and inflation spiralling out of control.

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South Sudan’s mainstay oil industry is in tatters and regional towns have been razed.

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