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Africa-Press – South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>Fighting has erupted this morning between forces belonging to South Sudan People\u2019s Defense Forces (SSPDF) and the Sudan People\u2019s Liberation Army in Opposition (SPLA-IO) in several areas of Maiwut and Longechuk Countries of Upper Nile state, residents told Sudans Post.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Sudans Post this morning, several residents of Lolnyaang, Kuerkeem, Wangkuarbii in both Maiwut and Longechuk said fighting begun on Tuesday evening and continued between different groups of the SPLA-IO and involving South Sudan People\u2019s Defense Forces.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe fighting begun yesterday and even this morning we were hearing gunshots. The fighting forces are SPLA-IO factions and the South Sudan People\u2019s Defense Forces, all are involved in the fighting,\u201d one resident told Sudans Post by phone from Longechuk.<\/p>\n

When contacted by Sudans Post, both SPLA-IO and the SSPDF spokesmen were not available for comment.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About South-Sudan<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Sudan. Fighting has erupted this morning between forces belonging to South Sudan People\u2019s Defense Forces (SSPDF) and the Sudan People\u2019s Liberation Army in Opposition (SPLA-IO) in several areas of Maiwut and Longechuk Countries of Upper Nile state, residents told Sudans Post. Speaking to Sudans Post this morning, several residents of Lolnyaang, Kuerkeem, Wangkuarbii […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":10349,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[234,265,233],"class_list":["post-10350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-south-sudan","tag-south-sudan"],"yoast_head":"\nSSPDF, SPLA-IO clash in Maiwut, Longechuk - South Sudan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Fighting has erupted this morning between forces belonging to South Sudan People\u2019s Defense Forces (SSPDF) and the Sudan ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/sspdf-spla-io-clash-in-maiwut-longechuk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SSPDF, SPLA-IO clash in Maiwut, Longechuk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Fighting has erupted this morning between forces belonging to South Sudan People\u2019s Defense Forces (SSPDF) and the Sudan ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/sspdf-spla-io-clash-in-maiwut-longechuk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South Sudan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-02-16T15:55:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-02-16T16:30:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2022\/02\/img-620d267d50d63.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"983\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"553\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/sspdf-spla-io-clash-in-maiwut-longechuk#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/sspdf-spla-io-clash-in-maiwut-longechuk\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"SSPDF, SPLA-IO clash in Maiwut, Longechuk\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-02-16T15:55:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-02-16T16:30:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/sspdf-spla-io-clash-in-maiwut-longechuk\"},\"wordCount\":156,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/sspdf-spla-io-clash-in-maiwut-longechuk#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2022\/02\/img-620d267d50d63.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-South-Sudan\",\"South-Sudan\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/sspdf-spla-io-clash-in-maiwut-longechuk#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/sspdf-spla-io-clash-in-maiwut-longechuk\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/sspdf-spla-io-clash-in-maiwut-longechuk\",\"name\":\"SSPDF, SPLA-IO clash in Maiwut, Longechuk - 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