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Africa-Press – South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>South Sudan\u2019s main armed opposition Sudan People\u2019s Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO) led by First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny has officially confirmed heavy deployment of security forces around the first vice president\u2019s residence .<\/p>\n

Yesterday night, eyewitnesses told Sudans Post that a joint force of South Sudan National Security (NSS) and South Sudan People\u2019s Defense Forces (SSPDF) was deployed to the area adjacent to Machar\u2019s residence raising fears of escalation among the key peace partners.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Sudans Post this morning, senior SPLM-IO security official in Juba said the Tiger battalion of President Kiir was the army division that was said yesterday to be deployed along the airport road leading to the first vice president\u2019s residence.<\/p>\n

\u201cYesterday, we have been having all these news that the First Vice President\u2019s residence has been barricaded by national security. This is to confirm that the force deployed there is the SSPDF Battalion of Tiger commanded by President Kiir himself,\u201d the official said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, as we can confirm that the Tiger battalion is the one deployed to the airport road and that is intimidating the first vice president, we call for calm among the SPLM-IO public as we try to deescalate the tensions in Juba\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The deployment of troops around the First Vice President\u2019s house comes days after the SPLM-IO withdrew its participation from security mechanisms overseeing the implementation of the security arrangements.<\/p>\n

The SPLA-IO has accused the South Sudan People\u2019s Defense Forces and defectors of attacking its cantonment sites in Unity and Upper Nile states resulting in the killing of dozens of soldiers.<\/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. South Sudan\u2019s main armed opposition Sudan People\u2019s Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO) led by First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny has officially confirmed heavy deployment of security forces around the first vice president\u2019s residence . Yesterday night, eyewitnesses told Sudans Post that a joint force of South Sudan National Security (NSS) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":13580,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[234,265,233],"class_list":["post-13581","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":"\nKiir\u2019s Tiger battalion \u2018intimidating\u2019 Machar, says IO - South Sudan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"South Sudan\u2019s main armed opposition Sudan People\u2019s Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO) led by First Vice Preside ...\" \/>\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\/kiirs-tiger-battalion-intimidating-machar-says-io\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kiir\u2019s Tiger battalion \u2018intimidating\u2019 Machar, says IO\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"South Sudan\u2019s main armed opposition Sudan People\u2019s Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO) led by First Vice Preside ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/kiirs-tiger-battalion-intimidating-machar-says-io\" \/>\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=\"2022-03-28T12:34:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-03-28T17:00:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2022\/03\/img-6241e9a9e3c2a.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"850\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"531\" \/>\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\/kiirs-tiger-battalion-intimidating-machar-says-io#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/kiirs-tiger-battalion-intimidating-machar-says-io\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Kiir\u2019s Tiger battalion \u2018intimidating\u2019 Machar, says IO\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-03-28T12:34:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-03-28T17:00:52+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/kiirs-tiger-battalion-intimidating-machar-says-io\"},\"wordCount\":292,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/kiirs-tiger-battalion-intimidating-machar-says-io#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2022\/03\/img-6241e9a9e3c2a.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\/kiirs-tiger-battalion-intimidating-machar-says-io#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/kiirs-tiger-battalion-intimidating-machar-says-io\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/kiirs-tiger-battalion-intimidating-machar-says-io\",\"name\":\"Kiir\u2019s Tiger battalion \u2018intimidating\u2019 Machar, says IO - 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