Another 12 people have died in the past two days in South Sudan in attacks on citizens from northern neighbour Sudan, the security forces reported Saturday, despite an overnight curfew.

Anti-Sudanese protests turned into looting and violence in South Sudan on Friday, resulting in a nighttime curfew.

South Sudanese authorities have imposed a countrywide dusk-to-dawn curfew after a night of violence during which businesses run by Sudanese traders in the capital were looted. Police chief Gen. Abraham Manyuat said Friday that the curfew will commence from 6 p.

Three houses belonging to Sudanese nationals were set on fire in Aweil, according to officers. On Friday, a dusk-to-dawn curfew was announced to try to bring tensions under control. Nobody will be allowed out on the streets between 18:00 and 06:00 local time [16:00 and 04:00 GMT] so as to "prevent any violations of public and private property,