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SPLA denies knowledge of detained soldiers in Congo JUBA (8 Dec.) South Sudan army has denied knowledge of the arrest of its soldiers by Congolese authorities after allegedly fleeing a rebel attack across the border. On Tuesday, Reuters reported that Congolese troops detained about 41 South Sudanese soldiers and one police officer on Saturday after they fled a rebel assault over the frontier. Brig. Lul Ruai Koang, spokesman of the SPLA forces in Juba, told Radio Tamazuj yesterday that the Congolese government didn’t notify them officially about dozens of SPLA soldiers who crossed to its territory.“The government of Congo and the Congolese army have not yet notified us officially that our soldiers crossed the border, so we should to be informed first so that we can confirmed what happened,” said Lul. UN Congo mission chief Maman Sidikou told the Security Council on Monday that concern was increasing about the spillover effects from the South Sudan conflict into Congo.More than one million South Sudanese have fled their country since the conflict erupted in December 2013. -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/southsudankob View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/southsudankob/topic-id/message-id For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14opkfxKxrDwRWE%3DUiirWvcRM9e%3DdWZhhx_hMSkgjNp4rTg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
