By Staff Writer<\/p>\n
South Sudan People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF) has announced the recapture of Nasir County of Upper Nile State from the \u201cWhite Army\u201d after months of battle.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n In a statement issued yesterday, Army spokesperson Major General Lul Ruai Koang stated, \u201con behalf of SSPDF command, the National Army Spokesman would like to officially announce to own rank & file and the members of the public on the re-liberation of the historical town of Nasir.<\/p>\n The SSPDF spokesperson further framed the recapture of Nasir as a symbolic victory, stating, “The redemption of Nasir is the greatest Easter Holidays gift for servicemen who had paid the ultimate price during its defense and recapture.”<\/p>\n Over the last few weeks, tension remained high in Nasir County of Upper Nile State after the “White Army”, a militia armed youth group, overran the town last month.<\/p>\n The recent violence in Nasir resulted in numerous deaths, including a South Sudan People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF) area commander and a United Nations pilot.<\/p>\n Rooted in historical divisions, the clashes between the SSPDF and the “White Army” affiliated with allegedly Machar, coupled with widespread attacks on SPLA-IO cantonment sites and unified forces training across the country, reignited fears of a return to full-blown conflict.<\/p>\n The confrontation further led to the arrest of First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny, with the government accusing him of ordering those attacks.<\/p>\n South Sudan, which gained independence in 2011, has struggled to maintain stability since the devastating five-year civil war between forces loyal to Kiir and Machar, which ended with the 2018 peace deal.<\/p>\n However, the fragile peace has been repeatedly threatened by continued distrust and renewed clashes between the two leaders, straining relations and destabilizing the nation.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Staff Writer South Sudan People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF) has announced the recapture of Nasir County of Upper Nile State from the \u201cWhite Army\u201d after months of battle. In a statement issued yesterday, Army spokesperson Major General Lul Ruai Koang stated, \u201con behalf of SSPDF command, the National Army Spokesman[Read More…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":34978,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34977","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\/04\/Army-spokesperson-Major-General-Lul-Ruai-Koang.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34977","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=34977"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34977\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34979,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34977\/revisions\/34979"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}