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Gunfire Erupts at Former South Sudan Spy Chief’s Residence

Gunfire broke out on Thursday at the home of South Sudan’s powerful yet recently sacked intelligence chief Akol Koor, a military source said, with the UN branding it an attempted arrest. Shots began ringing out in the evening in Juba, the capital of the corruption-riven country plagued by power struggles and ethnic infighting. The fighting lasted about an hour, according to an AFP journalist.

A military source supposedly involved in the operation told Sudan’s Post newspaper that Koor had been arrested after intense fighting that reportedly left dozens of his soldiers dead or wounded. In an alert to its staff on the ground, the UN reported a shooting linked to the former head of intelligence’s detention, advising people to take cover. Yet it was unclear whether Koor had indeed been arrested or not.

The move however came two weeks after the government again postponed by two years the first elections in the nation’s history. South Sudan is one of the poorest countries on the planet and ranks 177 out of 180 countries on Transparency International’s corruption perceptions index.

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