Mam Pal Denies Sharing Information Related To The Nasir Incident as Dr. Riek Machar Trial Continues

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Mam Pal Dhoul, one of the accused in the ongoing trial involving suspended First Vice President Riek Machar and other members of the SPLM-IO, has denied allegations that he shared information related to the Nasir incident with fellow suspects or local youth leaders. ‎ ‎Appearing before the Special Court in Juba, Dhoul rejected claims that he passed information to co-accused Puot Kang Chol or youth groups in Upper Nile State.  ‎ ‎Mam Pal Dhuol argued that the accusations were not supported by any witness testimony and were based solely on findings presented by a digital forensic expert. ‎ ‎Dhoul told the court that he is a businessman and has never worked as an intelligence officer, making it unlikely that he would be involved in collecting or distributing sensitive information. ‎ ‎He also disputed allegations that he circulated a list of people killed during the Nasir violence. According to Dhoul, the messages presented as evidence were fabricated while his mobile phones were in th...
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SSPDF Refused To Increase More Soldiers In The Troubled Abyei Region

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SSPDF spokesman Maj. Gen. Lul Ruai said he sees no oppoint of additional troops to be added in the troubled Abyei Region. 

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Last year the government dispatched a battalion from the unified forces to stabilize security in the area..

The remarks from Maj. Gen. Lul Ruai Koang came after local officials asked the national government to deploy additional SSPDF troops to the area. 

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Recent conflicts have lead to lose of lives totalling to a number of 13 civilians killed by armed men in the Abyei areas. Ajak Deng said.

Ajak Deng is the spokeman of Abyei Administrative Area. Further said that a child and 3 women were also victims of the clashes. He called for a buffer zone to be established between Warrap and Abyei.

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Responding to Ajak Deng Miyan comments SSPDF spokesperson said it is the mandate of the SSPDF to protect all Civilians..

“That should not warrant a call for the deployment of the new force. The force that we have deployed there is enough,”-Maj. Gen. Lul Ruai Koang. 

“If there are loopholes in terms of the initial deployment then it’s upon the commanding officer on the ground to redeploy force where there is a new threat,

He further said that “we have deployed a battalion force that we have drowned from the necessary unified forces and that is a very natural force.”-Maj. Gen. Lul Ruai.

The Abyei Area is an area of 10,546 km² or 4,072 sq mi on the border between South Sudan and the Sudan that has been accorded "special administrative status" by the 2004 Protocol on the Resolution of the Abyei Conflict in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement that ended the Second Sudanese Civil War.



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