By: Alnaeim Mubarak Kuol<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a significant military and political development in Western Equatoria State, Major General Edward Razig Joseph<\/strong>, commander of Sector Six of the Sudan People\u2019s Liberation Movement \u2013 In Opposition (SPLM-IO)<\/strong>, has officially defected to the South Sudan People\u2019s Defense Forces (SSPDF)<\/strong>, bringing with him more than 120 loyal troops<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The defection was announced on Thursday<\/strong>, according to the Press Unit of the Office of the Deputy Governor<\/strong>, marking a major shift in the security landscape of Western Equatoria State<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sources told Citizens Voice Media<\/em> that the defected troops have pledged their allegiance to the President of the Republic and Commander-in-Chief of the army, H.E. Salva Kiir Mayardit<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Government officials attributed this shift to the leadership of SPLM Chairperson and Acting Governor of Western Equatoria State, H.E. Daniel Badagbu Rimbasa<\/strong>, whose ongoing initiatives for reconciliation and national unity<\/strong> are reportedly yielding positive outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Local authorities have welcomed the development, calling it a positive step toward advancing peace<\/strong> and an indication of growing stability in the state<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By: Alnaeim Mubarak Kuol In a significant military and political development in Western Equatoria State, Major General Edward Razig Joseph, commander of Sector Six of the Sudan People\u2019s Liberation Movement…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4334,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4333"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4335,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4333\/revisions\/4335"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}