SSPDF forces on April 26, 2019. [Photo: Nation Media Group]
The government of South Sudan has deployed military forces along the Juba-Nimule and the Juba-Yei highways to provide security after a recent spate of ambushes and killings.
More than 10 people including foreigners were killed and three trucks were set ablaze last week. Following the insecurity, Ugandan and Kenyan truck drivers and traders went on strike at the Elegu border town in Uganda and demanded security assurances for them to resume travel into South Sudan.
The government says the deployment was completed on Tuesday by South Sudan’s military high command.
SSPDF spokesman, Gen. Santo Domic, told Radio Tamazuj, “We have deployed several military forces on all the highways and even yesterday but one the chief of the army himself went to the scene and now we have increased the number of forces on the highways.”
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Uneasy calm as guns fall silent in Nasir
Calm returned to Nasir County of Upper Nile State after three-pronged clashes involving the SSPDF, SPLA-IO, and civilians erupted there on Sunday, a local official said.
“The security situation is now normal. There was a government delegation that came from Juba and they came and briefed the people in Nasir and things are now back to normal. They told people not to fight,” Khor Gatluak, the Executive Director of Nasir County, told Radio Tamazuj Wednesday.
Asked if the SPLA-IO also met the delegation from Juba, Khor said: “We did not meet the delegation from Juba together with the SPLM/A-IO. It was the government delegation that came and had a meeting with us. The SPLM/A-IO did not come to meet us. Even if we invite them [SPLM/A-IO] for meetings, they do not come.”