By Hou Akot Hou<\/p>\n
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Commissioner of Aweil North County in Northern Bahr El Ghazal State has provided much-needed food assistance to South Sudan People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF) stationed at the Sudan border.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n On Saturday, the Aweil North County Commissioner, Kiir Chan Wol, visited Brigade 9 in Jorboich, where he met with the brigade commander, Abraham Tut.<\/p>\n The food items donated include flour, sugar, and other essential items from the state authorities to support the soldiers.<\/p>\n “These food items will ease the severity of the conditions that the soldiers are facing,” stated a statement from the office of the commissioner.<\/p>\n “They are struggling to defend the nation at the frontline, and the commissioner thought it wise to make a visit and share notes on the border concerns.”<\/p>\n The handover of the aid was accompanied by colourful dances and patriotic songs, showcasing the appreciation and solidarity of the local community.<\/p>\n Similarly, the Aweil East County Commissioner, Diing Aheer Ngong, made visits to other SSPDF brigades, including Warguet, Yith-Pabol, and Majok-Yithiou, earlier last week.<\/p>\n Local sources suggest that some of these donations may have been provided by individuals with connections to those in power, to rescue the army in these hard-to-reach areas.<\/p>\n There are emerging reports that some SSPDF soldiers have been deserting the army and selling their weapons, as the situation at the frontlines becomes increasingly challenging.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Hou Akot Hou Commissioner of Aweil North County in Northern Bahr El Ghazal State has provided much-needed food assistance to South Sudan People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF) stationed at the Sudan border. On Saturday, the Aweil North County Commissioner, Kiir Chan Wol, visited Brigade 9 in Jorboich, where he[Read More…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25604,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Courtesy-photo-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25603"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25603\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25605,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25603\/revisions\/25605"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}