US EditionSouth Sudan's military recaptures key town from White Army militia
- South Sudan's army recaptured the town of Nasir in Upper Nile State from the White Army militia after losing it in March.
- First Vice President Riek Machar was arrested amid a political crisis caused by conflicts involving the White Army militia.
- Military spokesperson Lul Ruai Koang indicated that the army avoided an ambush in Thuluc during the tactical withdrawal, while White Army spokesperson Honson Chuol James reported that 17 people were killed due to bombardment.
- President Salva Kiir has shared power with Machar since a 2018 peace deal, which ended a civil war that resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people.
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South Sudan's military recaptures key town from White Army militia
South Sudan's army said it had recaptured a key town in Upper Nile state that it lost to an ethnic Nuer militia in March in clashes which led to the arrest of First Vice President Riek Machar and a spiralling political crisis.
S. Sudan’s military recaptures key town from White Army militia
South Sudan's army said it had recaptured a key town in Upper Nile state that it lost to an ethnic Nuer militia in March in clashes which led to the arrest of First Vice President Riek Machar and a spiralling political crisis. President Salva Kiir has served in an uneasy power-sharing government with Machar since a 2018 peace deal ended a civil war between fighters loyal to the two men, which killed hundreds of thousands of people. Machar's dete…
S.Sudan government retakes flashpoint Nasir town
JUBA— South Sudanese government forces have retaken the town of Nasir which had been a flashpoint in a deepening political crisis, an army spokesman said on Sunday. Clashes around Nasir in the northeastern Upper Nile State have helped unravel a power-sharing agreement between President Salva Kiir and his long-time rival, Vice-President Riek Machar. The violence has threatened to plunge South Sudan, which became the world's youngest country after…
The government forces of South Sudan have taken over the city of Nasir (northeast), a key point in the political crisis that is worsening in the country and threatening to degenerate into civil war, declared on Sunday an army spokesmanThe clashes around Nasir, in the Upper Nile State, have contributed to the failure of the power-sharing agreement between President Salva Kiir and his long-time rival, Vice President Riek Machar.The violence threat…
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