Salva Kiir, the president of South Sudan, the world's newest nation, said on December 16, 2013 that an attempted coup by soldiers loyal to former vice-president Riek Machar had been put down.
Salva Kiir, rais wa Sudani ya Kusini, taifa jipya zaidi duniani, alisema mnamo Desemba 16, 2013 kwamba jaribio la mapinduzi lililofanywa na askari - jeshi waliokuwa washikamanifu kwa makamu wa rais wa zamani Riek Machar lilikuwa limekomeshwa.