Clashes erupt at army base over pay in tense South Sudan


  • World
  • Wednesday, 05 Mar 2014

JUBA/ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - At least five soldiers were killed in fighting between soldiers over delayed salaries at a barracks in South Sudan's capital on Wednesday, an army spokesman said, three months after clashes in the same military base triggered a broader conflict.

The spokesman said the situation at the base in Juba was now under control.

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