South Sudan journalist shot dead

South Africa's football captain and goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa dies after being shot, South African police say.

Gunmen shot dead a South Sudan reporter in an apparently targeted attack, colleagues said Thursday, days after President Salva Kiir publicly threatened to kill journalists who reported “against the country.”

Rebels in South Sudan deny an allegation that they shot down a UN helicopter, which crashed near the oil hub of Bentiu, killing three crew.

At least 27 people were killed yesterday when a plane crashed shortly after taking off from South Sudan’s capital Juba, an AFP reporter said.

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