South Sudan imposes curfew after revenge attacks on Sudanese people and businesses.

Following the attacks on businesses and homes from Sudan, the police chief in neighboring South Sudan has announced a curfew to ease the tension.

Three people were killed and seven wounded in violent clashes with security officers in the capital Juba and the northwestern city of Awil, police said. Their nationalities were not disclosed.

Officers said that three houses belonging to Sudanese citizens were burnt in Awil.

Anyone will not be allowed on the streets between 18:00 and 06:00 (between 16:00 and 04:00 GMT) “to prevent violations of public and private property,” Inspector General Abraham Mannuat Peter said on Friday. .

A second police source told the BBC that 45 Sudanese traders in Juba had been rescued and were now being guarded at a police station.

South Sudan separated from Sudan to establish an independent country in 2010.

Sudan has been hit by the world’s worst humanitarian crisis since the country’s warring generals clashed in April 2023. Half the population – some 25 million people – are in dire need of food and aid, he said.

Recent footage shows Sudanese soldiers killing South Sudanese civilians in Wade Madani, the capital of Gezira province, over the past few days.

Activists have confirmed that at least 13 – including some children – were killed there because of their race.

Dark-skinned people say racism is rampant in Sudan, and attacks against these communities have been targeted by dark-skinned Arab fighters in places like Gezira and Darfur.

Slave raids continued until a civil war ended in 2005, which led to the secession of predominantly black African South Sudan from Arabic-speaking Sudan six years later.

The events seen in the viral videos have been condemned by the diaspora in South Sudan both at home and abroad.

Upset by what they saw in the clips and wanting to retaliate, hundreds of youths attacked Sudanese-owned businesses in Juba and other parts of South Sudan on Thursday.

Gunshots were heard throughout the night as security forces closed in.

The BBC saw dozens of young men – mainly in their 20s – being chased by police along Tambura Road, one of the busiest streets in Juba’s Atlabara suburbs.

Friday shops and businesses, including the country’s largest market in Juba; Konyo Konyo, stay locked. Restaurants and cafeterias are also closed as owners take precautionary measures.

The price of bread increased by 17 percent in the few local bakeries that opened in Juba on Friday.

The police continue to harass Sudanese residents by chasing young people who move from one neighborhood to another. The BBC understands that dozens of police have been deployed in Atalabara City suburbs and elsewhere to protect Sudanese and their businesses.

We saw a police vehicle gathering and taking away some youths.

Witnesses in Wau, the country’s second-largest city, told the BBC by phone on Friday that hundreds of angry youths had attacked Souk Jau, a popular market that houses many Sudanese-owned businesses.

They tried to loot several shops, but the police fired live bullets in the air to disperse them.

Elsewhere, spontaneous mass protests were reported last Friday in the town of Tonge, Warrap, the home province of President Salva Kiir.

The BBC was unable to independently verify claims of attacks and looting in areas outside Juba.