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Ceasefire largely holding, barring sporadic gunfire - UN

A soldier from the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) walks within families displaced in recent fighting camping at the Anglican church compound in Juba, South Sudan, July 12, 2016.
A soldier from the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) walks within families displaced in recent fighting camping at the Anglican church compound in Juba, South Sudan, July 12, 2016.
"(The U.N. mission) also reports that the airport in the capital has been reopened, although commercial flights remain suspended," U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said.
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A ceasefire in South Sudan's capital Juba appears to be "largely holding, barring sporadic gunfire" and United Nations peacekeepers were able to carry out a limited number of short patrols on Tuesday, a U.N. spokesman said in New York.

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