South Sudan President: Government Thwarted Coup Attempt By Former VP

Was fired in July

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir on Monday said government forces had thwarted an attempted coup allegedly engineered by former vice president Riek Machar who was fired from his post in July.

In a televised address to the nation, and flanked by government officials, the president said the military had foiled a coup orchestrated by "a group of soldiers allied with the former vice president".