South Sudan in Focus
Authorities in Akobo County of Jonglei state say 10 people have been killed and several others wounded in ongoing intercommunal clashes between two sections of a militia group known as the white army; Some leaders from the Rajaf community in Juba County say they want President Kiir to include them in a committee he appointed recently to address issues of rampant informal settlements and land grabbing in their area and around the capital Juba; Some Sudanese political parties and civil society activists have welcomed a decision by military leader Abdel Fattah Al Burhan to release four of the civilian political leaders detained recently following the military takeover, and say the military should release all the remaining detainees