SPLM-IO commanders surrender to Ugandan army, spokesperson confirms
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South Sudanese refugees carrying Core Relief Items walk down a road in
Bidibidi refugee settlement, Yumbe District, Northern Region, Uganda.
(UNHCR/David Azia)
April 21, 2017 (JUBA)-The armed opposition Sudan People Liberation
Movement (SPLM-IO) Friday has confirmed that some senior commanders
have surrendered to the Ugandan army deployed in the northern part of
the east African country.
Last week, several media outlets in Uganda reported the two senior
SPLM-IO officers Identified as Maj. Gen Benjamin Luboi and Brigadier
Gen. Taban surrendered to Ugandan army in Padibe Sub-county, Uganda’s
northern Lamwo district near the South Sudan’s Eastern Equatoria
province.
Initially, the armed opposition group had denied the report, saying
only civilians have fled to northern Uganda.
However, the newly appointed deputy SPLM-IO spokesperson, Lam Paul
Gabriel confirmed the report and said they welcome the decision by
Ugandan authorities and the UNHCR.
“We would like to thank the staffs of the Ugandan prime minister’s
office and the United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees for
helping Benjamin and his friends get registered as refugees,” he
added.
Gabriel dismissed that any of the two rebel officers was the commander
of the rebel forces in Pajok, Eastern Equatoria.
“The sector command base is not in Pajok but between Imotong and
Namurunyang/ Kapoeta state,” he added.
Earlier this month of April, the UNHCR reported that over 6000
refugees have crossed into northern Uganda district of Lamwo.
The influx of refugees was triggered by a military operation carried
out by the government forces in Pajok, a town of more than 10,000
people 15 km (10 miles) north of the Ugandan border, to flush out
rebel guerrillas in the area.
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22 April 09:07, by South South
“We would like to thank the staffs of the Ugandan prime minister’s
office and the United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees for
helping Benjamin and his friends get registered as refugees,”
I add my voice to thank Uganda and UNHCR for helping IO generals
to register as refugees, good decision.
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22 April 11:05, by Eastern
South Sudan (dinka/jenge),
Have your say........
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wdgQbr3hAw&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Those with personal problems may resign, surrender, go to
Juba, etc but the struggle continue.....
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22 April 13:53, by South South
Eastern,
Peace is the only option for all of us including a few
rebels from Equatoria. I want peace. If you have big problem with
Dinka tribe, then prepare yourself to live in diaspora forever. In
every corner of South Sudan, you will see Dinka. You must accept them
if you want to leave in South Sudan or stay out side South Sudan.
Please pick your choice.
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22 April 14:09, by South South
Eastern,
The link you posted from Al Jazeera is about starving
and dying a few IO soldiers in Equatoria. They need food to eat. They
are weak and tired without guns. This is why generals ran to Uganda
and registered as refugees. I am laughing big.
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22 April 15:07, by Kuch
Mr. Eastern, do you fools think, the CIA, MI6, their UN,
their so-called NGOs and some of their evils in between are going to
around for as you think? Your Barack, LRA, Boko Haram, their ebil
juus, Al Qada, Al Nustra, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the so-called israel,
UAE and Turkey>>>>
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22 April 15:18, by Kuch
Mr. Eastern, do you fools think, the CIA, MI6, their UN,
their so-called NGOs and some of evils think, their evils in between
are going to toy around with our country and our people as you fools,
think? Your Barack, LRA, Boko Haram, their evil juus, Al Qada, Al
Nustra, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, israel, UAE and Turkey, the US, the UK,
et al>>>>
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22 April 19:26, by Mi diit
Stop making up stories!
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22 April 19:26, by Mi diit
Stop making up stories!
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22 April 09:15, by Garang Akeen Tong
F**k high ranking officer where surrendered to uganda authority, I
think they surrender after lossing battle field to mighty SPLA
worrior. Men are really at work.
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22 April 09:40, by Garang Akeen Tong
South sudan, those fuck high ranking io officers are lose battle
field.......to might SPLA worrior we can can deal with in this dry
season till they will accept peace. Our command is now well advancing
miltarily and politically.
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22 April 11:17, by Eastern
Sometimes if you calm down, your writings (in the poor English
language) will be more comprehensible and worth an attention every
other time...!
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22 April 15:06, by jubaone
Garang Akeen
How can senior surrender without their forces? In military,
this can’t happen. Infact these were pro-jienge militias under Gen JJ
Okot who surrendered. The jienges are made to believe everything in
the IO is crumbling so that desperate jienge at least have a reason to
jubilate after several defeats. Men at work. Why have the jienges not
made advances? Cowards of course.
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23 April 03:06, by Kush Natives
What a shame from IO members! From Maj. Gen rank into refugee
camp, that’s a great humiliation! Why not come back to South Sudan, if
you’re already exhausted from the war that you’re always chanting.
Just because foods is fighting along-side our troops in the jungles of
SS. This terrorist organization is coming to an END. Soon IOM is
taking over IO. Shame of them, giving away guns to foreigners.
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23 April 08:11, by Adok son
It didn’t happen and it will not happened as it was expected by
Dinka government that there was a two Generals who have surrounded
themselves to Uganda for rescues.
Uh! Sudantribune,don’t fill your website with unfit groundless
information. Those two generals are now enjoying their operations
without fear,so it was a civilians who escaped for their life because
they are killing by their government
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