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More than 800 people have been displaced in the area of Minyori in Yei River County following clashes between SPLA-IO and NAS forces over the past three days in defiance of the signed peace deal. It remains unclear what caused the violent clashes between the two armed opposition groups: one loyal
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At least one SPLA soldier was killed and several others injured when rebel troops ambushed a military convoy in Wau on Monday, according to military officials. SPLA spokesman Lul Ruai Koang told Radio Tamazuj on Tuesday that the attackers ambushed the military convoy on the road between Wau and Mboro. “One soldier
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South Sudan’s main rebel group (SPLM-IO) say they recaptured from government troops two areas ofYei River state. “This morning, our gallant forces under a joint command of Brig. Gen. Emmanuel Lemi Lo Mukaya, Col. Samuel Gai and Col. Noel Lomeri launched a coordinated counter-attack after the SPLA captured Jamara and Kupera
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South Sudanese rebels loyal to former first Vice President, Dr. Riek Machar have said doors are open to those who opted to defect because of either administrative problems or personal grievances to return and freely rejoin the armed opposition struggle. The development followed the surprise return of Maj. General Saki Palaoko,
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South Sudan government forces have reportedly recaptured the rebel stronghold town of Pagak, located along the Ethiopia border. Machar rebels had allegedly fled to the town and had gained base. The claims couldn’t be authenticated although News website Sudan Tribune reports that “the Governor of Maiwut State Bol Ruach Rom will issue
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The South Sudanese army (SPLA) in collaboration with the armed opposition faction fighters in the coalition government have reportedly laid a siege around the headquarters of rebels loyal to former First Vice-President, Riek Machar. A senior government military officer said pro-government forces have laid a siege around the stronghold of troops
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A South Sudanese leading rebel commander Lt. Gen. Agany Abdel Bagi Ayii Akol, Thursday denied reports that they were receiving military or logistical support from the neighbouring Sudan. "That is not true. We do not get any support from the government of Sudan or any other government or country in the
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South Sudan’s armed opposition faction (SPLM-IO) loyal to First Vice-President, Taban Deng Gai has appointed Agel Riing Machar as the movement’s official spokesperson. A former rebel-appointed governor of Warrap state prior to the signing of the 2015 peace deal, Agel fled the South Sudan capital, Juba for Kenya in July last
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Rebels of sacked vice president Riek Machar of the SPLA-IO have seized Kuek Town of Upper Nile after engaging government soldiers for over 30 hours, the rebel movement military spokesperson Brig Gen William Gatjiath Deng says. According to Brig Gen Deng, government forces had provoked a war by launching an attack
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South Sudan president Salva Kiir has reinstated his key opponent’s former ally into the national army, South Sudan Defence Forces (SSDF). President Kiir reinstated Maj Gen Dau Aturjong in a decree read out on state-owned SSBC TV on Monday. In 2014, Aturjong deserted the then SPLA army; months after a war broke
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