Soldiers loyal to the former vice president of South Sudan tried to overthrow the government, President Salva Kiir said Monday, continuing the political tension that has hung over the fledgling country for months.
At a televised news conference, Mr. Kiir, dressed in a camouflage army uniform, told the nation that a “group of soldiers” allied with the former vice president, Riek Machar, had tried to orchestrate a coup in the capital, Juba. “The attackers fled, and your forces are pursuing them. I promise you today that justice will prevail.”
