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…
Machar Welcomes The Release of Political Prisoners, Urges Foreign Troops to Leave!
Interviewed by Fred Dove. April 25, 2014(Nyamilepedia) — While Dr. Machar, the former vice president, believes that his senior colleagues would have been released three months ago, he welcomes their release. He, however, asserted that their release was expected because the cases were weak and would have been thrown out of the court. “However, nothing…
