The US military has deployed about 40 soldiers to South Sudan’s capital, following days of clashes that left hundreds dead and raised fears of renewed civil war, The Voice of America reported.

The military’s Africa Command said the troops were sent to Juba to safeguard the US Embassy and help carry out a State Department order for non-essential personnel to leave the country.

The US envoy in the region Andrew Burnett that senior US officials also are working with leaders in South Sudan to end the fighting there.

Other countries, including Germany and India, are taking steps to evacuate personnel as a tenuous cease-fire declared by South Sudan's rival leaders on Monday continues to hold.

Source: MENA