> > South Sudanese rebel commander killed after squabbles with other faction > > ArticleComments (6)EmailPrintSave > > January 5, 2017 (JUBA) - A top South Sudanese rebel commander has been killed after squabbles erupted over the allegiance and the objective of the armed struggle. > > Gabriel Tanginye shakes hands with leading members of the Nuer tribal community in Unity state, Bentiu on October 19, 2010 (AP)Gabriel Tanginye was killed on Wednesday during a clash in which more than 20 others lost lives. The exact circumstances under which the attack took place remain unclear. > > Military sources and relatives have provided conflicting accounts surrounding the incident.Military spokespersons representing two rebel leaders, Lam Akol and RiekMachar, confirmed his death in separate statements without elaborating on the circumstances under the attack was carried and which the sides initiated it. > > Tanginye was one of the senior rebel commanders who switched side from the Sudan People’s Liberation Army in Opposition under the overall command and leadership of the former vice president, Riek Machar before the signing of the 2015 peace agreement.He remains one of the holdout rebel commanders and did not join Machar when the new conflict resumed.He opted to remain at South Sudan-Sudanese border as independent commander until Lam Akol resigned from the unity government in which he served as the minister of agriculture and formed his own rebel movement. > > Sources say Akol later recruited Tanginye as one of his commanders. Others refute the reports of having joined Akol, saying Tanginye was only in the area under the control of Akol’s commander Yohanis Okech, whose headquarters came under attack on Wednesday by a group allied to Machar, resulting in the clash in which several lives, including Tanginye and his son were lost. > > “As far I know, I don’t think Tanginye was one of the commanders under Lam Akol. He was only in the area preparing to go to Fangak area, where he wanted to carry out his own recruitment.His mission to the area took sometimes due to logistics and so he decided to stay with Yohanis Okich, who is the commander of the forces under Lam Akol. He was there because of personal relations between the two men. They are friends”, a source with the direct knowledge of the situation told Sudan Tribune on Thursday. > The source explained Tanginye became the victim of an internal conflict between Okich and Johnson Olony, who is the commander, allied to Riek Machar forces in the area. > > (ST) > > South Sudanese rebel commander killed after squabbles with other faction > > ArticleComments (6)Comments on the Sudan Tribune website must abide by the following rules. Contravention of these rules will lead to the user losing their Sudan Tribune account with immediate effect. - No inciting violence- No inappropriate or offensive language- No racism, tribalism or sectarianism- No inappropriate or derogatory remarks- No deviation from the topic of the article- No advertising, spamming or links - No incomprehensible commentsDue to the unprecedented amount of racist and offensive language on the site, Sudan Tribune tries to vet all comments on the site. There is now also a limit of 400 words per comment. If you want to express yourself in more detail than this allows, please e-mail your comment as an article to [email protected] Kind regards, The Sudan Tribune editorial team. > > 5 JANUARY 22:30, BY Mayok > > stupidity is more and more affected some rebell commands because they have no clue for the war they fighting for. Gabriel Tanginye is curse due to his misbehaving and misusing his leadership style. He kill so many innocent in the past, and now, he continued do more its is unacceptable and no one to blame but himself for his death 💀. > > REPONDRE MESSAGE > > 6 JANUARY 00:50, BY South South > > Pity, pity and pity. Some people in South Sudan are just for useless war, no reason for fighting, but just to kill. I said this before and let me repeat here. SPLM/IO= Finito. Their leader is in parking lot in South Africa leaving rebels without heads. > > REPONDRE MESSAGE > > 6 JANUARY 02:19, BY Shadrack Nuer Machut > > That’s disadvantage of tribal rebellion! It was completely against Dinka & now the truth is revealing itself. Tribalism kills & doesn’t bring a good leader. Let’s cease practicing it & open a new page of unity & patriotism. Lam Akol & Riek Machar are just PhD holders of Destruction!REPONDRE MESSAGE6 JANUARY 00:55, BY dinkdongThat’s why these rebels will NEVER succeed. They tend to turn against themselves. What a country! Sounded like another Somalia. > > REPONDRE MESSAGE > > 6 JANUARY 04:21, BY Uncle J > > In South Sudan rebellion is not safe anymore even to Riek Machar the man who assumes HIMSELF the legitimate leader of all rebellion movements in the country. This time internal insurgency can start easily if Riek returns to Pagak because Taban Dengai is gaining popularity and there are those within Riek-IOs that are loyal to Taban. Soon this SPLA-IO war vs government would turn into Nuer Vs Nuer. > > REPONDRE MESSAGE > > 6 JANUARY 05:22, BY Kush Natives > > Now what’s the hell will be the solution to this stupid rebellion? So, Gabriel Tanginya endured his life as a rebel and died as a rebel, pathetic! The bad part of it Is, nobody claiming responsibility for his death, Dr. Lam vs Dr. Riek Machar either one. Some of them are in South african’s parking lots, and claiming that the fighting is going well in South Sudan. > > REPONDRE MESSAGE
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