FILE PHOTO: South Sudan's Vice President Riek Machar addresses a news conference in Juba, South Sudan April 5, 2020. REUTERS/Samir Bol//File Photo
JUBA (Reuters) -Forces loyal to Vice President Riek Machar and a splinter group have clashed in South Sudan, but the two sides gave conflicting reports on Saturday - with each claiming to have killed dozens of soldiers from the other side.
The latest clashes, threatening the country's fragile peace process, occurred in Magenis in the Upper Nile region, between forces loyal to Machar and those backing First Lieutenant General Simon Gatwech Dual.
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