{Fresh gunfire rang out in South Sudan’s capital early on Tuesday, a day after the president announced he had put down a coup by a faction of the army supporting his former vice president, an AFP reporter said.}<\/p>\n
The gunfire – including the sporadic firing of heavy weapons – resumed in the early hours of Tuesday and was still audible at 9am (0600 GMT). It appeared to come from a military headquarters, a few kilometres from the centre of town.<\/p>\n
The streets of the capital Juba in the world’s newest nation were deserted, with only military vehicles to be seen and civilians barricaded in their homes.<\/p>\n
Soldiers loyal to Riek Machar, the former vice president, attempted to overthrow the government, President Salva Kiir said in a statement on Monday, adding that security forces had regained control, although a dawn-to-dusk curfew had been imposed.<\/p>\n
The soldiers had attacked the South Sudanese military headquarters near Juba University late on Sunday, sparking sporadic clashes that continued on Monday, the president said.<\/p>\n
“The attackers went and [the] armed forces are pursuing them,” Kiir added.<\/p>\n
“I promise you today that justice will prevail.” <\/p>\n
Details of the attempted coup remained sketchy, but South Sudan’s Foreign Minister Barnaba Marial Benjamin told the Associated Press news agency that troops in the main army base raided a weapons store in Juba but were repulsed.<\/p>\n
Some politicians had since been arrested, he said, but could not confirm if Machar – who he said led the attempted coup – was among them. Benjamin said the coup was plotted by “disgruntled” soldiers and politicians led by Machar.<\/p>\n
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