South Sudan: rebels appoint top field commanders
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January 3, 2015 (ADDIS ABABA) – South Sudanese leader of the
SPLM-In-Opposition, Riek Machar, has appointed senior military
commanders in charge of the rebel forces in various parts of the
troubled country a year after fighting broke out between government
troops loyal to president Salva Kiir.
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Rebel forces under the leadership of former vice-president Riek Machar
have been engaged in an armed trsuggle with the South Sudanese
government for more than nine months (Photo: Reuters)
In a move seen to be in preparation for the next phase, the rebel
leader for the first time appointed senior army officers who defected
from the government as commanders of army divisions and state forces.
The orders released on Saturday, dated 21 December, Machar appointed
Major General James Koang Chuol as commander of Special Division 1.
The recently appointed deputy chief of general staff for moral and
orientation, Major General Martin Terento Kenyi, is also appointed
commander of Eastern Equatoria Forces.
Major General Thomas Mabor Dhol has become the commander of Phow
Division (7) while Major General Peter Dor Monyjur is appointed
commander of Bieh Division (8).
The opposition leader has appointed Major General Dau Aturjong as
commander of Northern Bhar el Ghazal forces and Major General Salam
El-haj Abdallah Baballah as commander of Central Equatoria forces.
Major General Thomas Basilio Tindo Kali takes charge as commander of
Western Bahr el Ghazal forces and Major General John Both Teny,
commander of the SPLA General Headquarters (GHQs).
Major General Moses Chot Riek is appointed Head of SPLA Military
Production Department.
Also Brigadier General James Khor Chuol Giet is appointed as the
commander of Latjor Division (5), Brigadier General Maguek Gai Majak,
commander of Lich Division (4) and Colonel Wesley Welaba as Commander
of Mid-West Equatoria forces.
In the humanitarian wing, Machar also appointed Gatwech Peter Kulang
Chuol as Executive Director for Humanitarian Affairs. Kulang was
previously a Director General in the South Sudan Relief and
Rehabilitation Commission (SSRRC) in Juba before the war broke out.
(ST)
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