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President Salva Kiir Mayardit, also Chairman of Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM), convened a meeting on Thursday, with the party’s First Deputy Chairman and Secretary-General, Dr. James Wani Igga.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n The agenda was focused on pressing issues impacting South Sudan, particularly the ongoing conflicts in Upper Nile, Western Equatoria, and Western Bahr el Ghazal States.<\/p>\n Each of these regions has experienced turmoil that poses challenges to the stability and security of the nation.<\/p>\n Following the meeting, Dr. Igga held a media briefing where he elaborated on the discussions.<\/p>\n He highlighted the urgent need to restructure and strengthen the SPLM to enhance the party’s capability to effectively tackle the multitude of challenges that come with nation-building.<\/p>\n The restructuring is critical in ensuring that the SPLM remains a dynamic force in the political landscape.<\/p>\n Dr. Igga reaffirmed the SPLM’s unwavering commitment to promoting peace and fostering national unity.<\/p>\n He emphasized the party’s determination to devise sustainable solutions that address the most pressing issues facing South Sudan.<\/p>\n The meeting comes in the wake of arrests following escalating tensions after the White Army, a local armed youth group, captured an SSPDF base in Nasir County, Upper Nile State.<\/p>\n The government alleges the White Army is allied with the SPLM\/A-IO, a claim the opposition denies.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Staff writer President Salva Kiir Mayardit, also Chairman of Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM), convened a meeting on Thursday, with the party’s First Deputy Chairman and Secretary-General, Dr. James Wani Igga. The agenda was focused on pressing issues impacting South Sudan, particularly the ongoing conflicts in Upper Nile,[Read More…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":33824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33823","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\/2025\/03\/President-Salva-Kiir-and-SPLM-Secretary-General-Dr.-James-Wani-Igga.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33823","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=33823"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33825,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33823\/revisions\/33825"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}