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 Sudan Kusini, nchi mpya zaidi duniani, alisema kuwa Desemba 16, mwaka 2013 jaribio la mapinduzi lililoanzishwa na wanajeshi wafuasi wa makamu wa rais wa zamani, Riek Machar, limekomeshwa.