South Sudan: Senior army general passes on in Khartoum

South Sudan senioer army general Lt. Gen. Liah Diu Deng in Unity state’s Bentiu in 2013 (Photo credit: Facebook)

May 13, 2020 (SSNN) – A senior South Sudan army general has passed away today  in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, officials allid to vice-president Taban Deng Gai said Wednesday.

Deng Machar Tot, a senior member of the defunct SPLM-IO faction led by Vice-President Taban Deng Gai confirmed to South Sudan News Now from the Egyptian capital Cairo that Lieutenant General Liah Diu Deng who has been sick for a while passed on in Khartoum on Wednesday.

“This is to confirm that Lt. Gen. Liah Diu Deng has passed on in Khartoum today Wednesday, May 13, 2020 I just spoken to vice-president H.E Gen. Taban Deng Gai and he informed me of the news,” Machar told South Sudan News Now from the Egyptian capital Khartoum.

General Diu, a respected South Sudan army commander in Unity state, has been sick for a number of year.

Machar said the late commander “was in Khartoum waiting to be evacuated to the Egyptian capital Cairo before the coronavirus could force authorities in both countries to shut down airports.”

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