Gunfire as south Sudan soldiers shoot skyward in salary protest
Heavy gunfire has broken out in the southern Sudanese capital of Juba as hundreds of disgruntled soldiers opened fire into the air to protest non-payment of their salaries. A battalion of about 700 fighters from the ex-rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) that signed a peace deal with Khartoum two years ago, shot skywards spreading panic and bringing the town to a standstill, they said. Full Story