South Sudan: Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM-in-Opposition) rebels accuse government of launching fresh attacks
South Sudanese government has been accused by the country’s rebel group of launching fresh attacks just a day after rival leaders recommitted themselves to the cessation of hostilities agreement at the Addis Ababa summit by the regional heads of state and government.
Chief negotiator for the rebel faction of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM-in-Opposition), General Taban Deng Gai, said their areas came under heavy attacks by troops loyal to president Salva Kiir and their foreign allies in Unity state on Saturday morning.
Deng said combined forces of the government and the foreign Sudanese rebels of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) and the Sudan Peoples’ Liberation Army-North (SPLA-North) carried out coordinated separate attacks on defence positions of the rebel forces led by former vice-president, Riek Machar.