China Peacekeepers Killed in South Sudan as Civil War Looms
- Fatal violence in capital draws in United Nations force
- Clashes come after transitional government formed in April
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Two Chinese peacekeepers were killed in South Sudan’s capital as the deaths of hundreds of people over the weekend raised the specter of the oil-producing African nation’s return to all-out civil war.
Heavy fighting continued in Juba on Monday, four days after a shootout in the city between forces loyal to President Salva Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar, the former rebel leader. The violence comes less than three months since the two sides formed a transitional government to end a conflict in the world’s newest nation that has claimed the lives of tens of thousands of people since it began in December 2013.