South Sudan police said on Monday that 16 Sudanese nationals were killed in riots last week over the alleged killings of South Sudanese people in Sudan's El Gezira region.

Riots erupted in South Sudan last week as protesters were angry over alleged killings in Sudan's Al-Jazira state - Anadolu Ajansı

Sixteen Sudanese nationals were killed last week in protests that degenerated into looting and violence in South Sudan, but calm has since returned, police said on Monday.

January 16, riots broke out in Juba, the capital of South Sudan, where demonstrators took to the streets to protest against the massacre of South Sudanese in neighboring Sudan.

South Sudanese authorities imposed a countrywide dusk-to-dawn curfew after a night of violence during which shops were looted in the capital.

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.

South Sudan's President has called for calm after protests and looting of Sudanese-owned shops in the capital Juba.