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Africa-Press<\/a> – South-Sudan<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>South Sudan\u2019s National Salvation Front (NAS) led by General Thomas Cirilo Swaka has denied any link to yesterday\u2019s attack in which a World Food Programme (WFP) convoy of three vehicles was attacked along the Yei-Morobo road on Friday morning resulting in the killing of one person and kidnapping of two others.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, army spokesman Maj. Gen. Lul Ruai Koang said in a statement extended to Sudans Post that elements belonging to NAS attacked a convoy belong to the WFP, and then urged regional powers which mediated the revitalized peace agreement to designate the former army chief\u2019s group as a negative force.<\/p>\n

However, in a statement this morning, General Cirilo\u2019s NAS denied any responsibility for the attack and said opposition forces have withdrawn to a farer distance from the area where the attack took place yesterday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Leadership of National Salvation Front (NAS) learnt of uncorroborated report circulating on social media that NAS forces were involved in an attack on humanitarian convoy travelling between Yei and Morobo Counties on the early hours of 17th September 2021,\u201d said the statement signed by the group\u2019s spokesman Suba Samuel Manasse and extended to Sudans Post.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis attack on the humanitarian convey came at the time, when the regime\u2019s forces are on military offensive against NAS forces especially in Yei and Kajo- Keji areas. As of now, NAS forces have withdrawn tactically to far locations; and at the same time, the area where the attack on humanitarian convoy took place is exclusively under the control of South Sudan People\u2019s Defense Force (SSPDF),\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n

It further stressed that the group \u201cneither have a presence nor a base in the said location.\u201d The statement further condemned the attack and the accusations that it stand responsible behind the attacks and then accused members of the South Sudan People\u2019s Defense Forces (SSPDF) who deserted army basis of responsibility.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Leadership of NAS explicitly refutes any participation in an attack against humanitarian convoy between Yei and Morobo road. And strongly condemns this inexcusable action against humanitarian operations,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe SSPDF and their deserters in these areas are demoralized and frustrated with their command and government for being abandoned with no salary and food supply. These forces have been surviving on extortion, looting and highway robbery. For this reason, NAS indisputably believed that the SSPDF renegades were behind this attack on the humanitarian convoy,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Sudan. South Sudan\u2019s National Salvation Front (NAS) led by General Thomas Cirilo Swaka has denied any link to yesterday\u2019s attack in which a World Food Programme (WFP) convoy of three vehicles was attacked along the Yei-Morobo road on Friday morning resulting in the killing of one person and kidnapping of two others. Yesterday, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":1820,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,12],"tags":[234,265,860,859,233],"class_list":["post-1821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-south-sudan","tag-attack","tag-convoy","tag-south-sudan"],"yoast_head":"\nGen. 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