8,000 citizens evacuated

The UPDF has so far evacuated by road more than 8,000 citizens trapped in the recent fighting in the South Sudanese capital Juba.

UPDF Spokesman, Lt. Col. Paddy Ankunda, says that 4,500 citizens, mainly business people were successfully evacuated yesterday to the border, bringing the number brought by road to over 7,500 people while another  500 pregnant women, young children and the sick were due to be airlifted by helicopter.