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Nine killed in South Sudan’s renewed fighting

South Sudan rebel leader Thomas Cirillo. FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP

By  JOSEPH ODUHA

At least nine people were killed in fresh clashes in Amadi State in South Sudan’s Western Equatoria, officials said.

The weekend clashes pitted the National Salvation Front (NAS) led by Gen Thomas Cirillo, and a faction of the Dr Riek Machar-led SPLM-IO.

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