On 10 July 2016, reports from South Sudan said fighting in Juba was escalating between troops loyal to President Salva Kiir and forces aligned with first vice president Riek Machar.
The violence was described as part of a worsening confrontation in the capital, with the clashes drawing attention to the fragile security situation in the country. The source report said the fighting was continuing as tensions rose between the two rival camps.
Nyakundi Report is preserving the archive item as a brief record of the developing situation in Juba, where the conflict was reported to be intensifying on that date.
