South Sudan president denies U.N. allegations of ethnic cleansing

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South Sudan's President Salva Kiir addresses delegates during the swearing-in ceremony of First Vice President Taban Deng Gai at the Presidential Palace in the capital of Juba, South Sudan, July 26, 2016. REUTERS/Jok Solomun

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Sudan's president on Thursday denied allegations by the United Nations that ethnic cleansing in the country's conflict is so bad that the stage is set for genocide. "There's no such thing in South Sudan. There's no ethnic cleansing," President Salva Kiir told Reuters in the South African city of Johannesburg. Security guards prevented further questions. (Reporting by Ed Cropley; Writing by Katharine Houreld; Editing by Toby Chopra)