South Sudan President Salva Kiir has called for calm and urged citizens not to take the law into their own hands, following a spate of attacks on businesses and homes owned by people from neighbouring Sudan.
Police says three people have been killed and seven were wounded in violent confrontations with security officers in the capital, Juba, and the north-western town of Aweil.
Their nationalities have not been disclosed.
In addition, three houses belonging to Sudanese nationals were set on fire in Aweil.
A dusk-to-dawn curfew was announced Friday to try to bring tensions under control.
South Sudan broke away from Sudan to form an independent country in 2011 after a long-running civil war, but more recently, growing numbers of Sudanese people are fleeing into South Sudan to escape the latest conflict.
Sudan has become the world's worst humanitarian crisis since the country's warring generals first turned on each other in April 2023. Half of the population - roughly 25 million people - are in dire need of food and aid, says the UN.
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