Juba — South Sudanese MPs stormed out of a budget presentation by the finance minister on Thursday, with one citing frustrations over nonpayment of salaries to civil servants and soldiers.

The disruption highlights the fragility of South Sudan’s government, months after the latest peace deal was signed to end a civil war often fought along ethnic lines. The conflict has killed 400,000 people, forced millions to flee their homes and crippled production of oil, the country’s main revenue earner...

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