April 26, 2014(Nyamilepedia) — Some media outlets have reported a heavy fighting broke out at the training center in Mapel, Western Bahr el Ghazal state. However, the latest reports confirm that the incident was not a mutiny, as alleged, but an onslaught of disarmed, former SPLA soldiers. Mapel training facility was established in 2012 by…
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Is Uganda Giving Up On Its Rescue Mission?
April 25, 2014(Nyamilepedia) — The Ugandan People Defence Force(UPDF) intervened in South Sudanese conflict in December to rescue president Salva Kiir from being overthrown by mutinied troops loyal to Machar. Although the intervention was not initially approved by either the African Union or the Inter-Governmental Authority Development (IGAD), Museveni hoped his well equipped UPDF could capture the…
SPLA closing in on Paloich Oil Fields and Bor as Military Leadership Unravels
Directorate of Information & Moral Orientation Office of Military Spokesperson for SPLA in Opposition Press Release N0.52 April 24, 2014(Addis Ababa) — The Gallant SPLA Forces under direct command of Brig. Gen. Chegai Gatluak and under overall command of Maj. Gen. Gabriel Tangiye finally took full control of Administrative HQs of Renk County, in Upper…
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