South Sudan: Army says recaptured Bor town from rebel forces
The spokesperson of the South Sudanese army (SPLA) said Saturday that government forces recaptured Bor, the capital of its largest state from rebels.
“Government forces have today [Saturday] defeated the rebel forces in Bor,” Col. Phillip Aguer briefly told Sudan Tribune, without giving further details.
Mutineers from the army took control of Bor barely two weeks after conflict broke out in the capital, Juba between members of the presidential guard in mid-December, but government forces reclaimed control of the strategic town on 24 December.
A week later, however, armed Luo-Nuer youth, popularly known as the White army, entered Bor area and fought alongside the rebels to regain control of the town.