Gunfire in hunt for South Sudan coup plotters

Sporadic gunfire rang out in the South Sudanese capital, Juba, overnight as the military “cleared out remnants” of a faction of soldiers accused of mounting a coup attempt, the country’s foreign minister said today amid an ongoing hunt for the former deputy president who is accused of leading the failed plot.

Barnaba Marial Benjamin told the Associated Press today that the military had arrested five political leaders with suspected links to the coup attempt but that many more were yet to be traced.