SPLA Repels Attacks, Captures A SAF Base in WBGS' Raja County Sudan Radio Service Juba, 19/4/2012 – The SPLA Spokesperson has announced that the SPLA has captured an area in Raja County of Western Bahr El Ghazal state following an attack on SAF position. The SAF has been occupying the area since the signing of the CPA. Colonel Philip Aguer told SRS on Thursday in Juba. “This morning another attack that was targeting a place in Western Bahr el Ghazal was repulsed from Siramalaga and the SPLA managed to defeat the attack and captured a place called Kafiadifi in Raja county that was occupied by SAF and yesterday also there was a force that was repulsed attacking out position in Kirkou, a place called Werkwet and Kiir Adem,” said Col. Aguer. Colonel Aguer said that SPLA repulsed sporadic attacks launched by SAF on SPLA positions in Western Bahr El Ghazal on Wednesday including Heglig, about twenty seven kilometers from the area. In a press statement released on Thursday, the government state that it is not at war with Sudan and is not interested in a war with Sudan. The government further said it is ready to pull out its troops from Heglig provided that the AU and UN put in place mechanisms that ensure that Heglig is not used by both parties militarily. The mechanisms include immediate cessation of hostilities, immediate demarcation of the agreed upon border areas as well as adherence to the call by the UN Security Council to withdraw forces from both parties from Abyei. The government also said that disputed pertaining to the status of contested areas be referred to the international arbitration and finally that it is ready to resume negotiations with Sudan on outstanding issues.
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