SPLA-IO forces

SPLA-IO urges gov’t to release detained commander

July 20, 2020 Breaking News, News, Newsbeat, South Sudan

July 20, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s main armed opposition group, SPLA-IO, led by First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny has urged the South Sudan People’s Defence Force (SSPDF) to release detained SPLA-IO commander. Over the weekend, General Gabriel Bol Wek, a senior SPLA-IO commander in Western Bahr el Ghazal state’s Jur River was arrested by government forces, reportedly […]

SPLA-IO officer killed in SSPDF attack in Western Equatoria

June 19, 2020 Breaking News, News, Newsbeat, South Sudan

SPLA-IO forces holds up their guns during military parade in Juba before J1 dogfight

June 19, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s main armed opposition group, SPLA-IO, is saying that an attack by South Sudan’s army on its base in Western Equatoria state has left a senior officer and at least ten (10) soldiers dead. The attack, one SPLA-IO officer said, took place on Wednesday in Tambura County after a joint attack by the South […]