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Africa-Press – South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>South Sudan parties to the revitalized peace agreement have extended the graduation of the Necessary Unified Forces (NUF) in Unity State\u2019s capital Bentiu and Upper Nile State\u2019s capital Malakal to next week, a senior army officer has said.<\/p>\n

In an exclusive interview with Sudans Post this afternoon, Brig. Gen. Wijang Duop, a member of the Joint Defense Board (JDB) said the graduation of forces in Malakal would be conducted on November 21, while the one in Bentiu will be conducted on November 26.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe parties have extended the graduation of unified forces in Bentiu and Malakal to next week. This agreement was reached after a deliberation on several factors by the Joint Defense Board (JDB) and these new dates were agreed upon in good faith by the parties,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Brig. Gen. Wijang who is also the spokesman of the forces belonging to South Sudan Opposition Alliance (SSOA), a major signatory to the revitalized peace agreement, blamed logistical challenges for the decision of the parties to push the graduation to next week.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou, we have a lot of challenges and you know that we are implementing the security arrangement with less resources and that is why logistical challenges including the transportation of senior army officers to those areas was an issue,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut now, it has been resolved that the graduation will take place no matter what on Monday, for Malakal, and Saturday for Bentiu. This will be the last dates and the parties will at that point have completed the phase one of the graduation and training of forces,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Brig. Gen. Wijang further said that \u201cthe cantonment, assembling and training of the second batch of the necessary unified forces will commence immediately after the graduation of the forces in Bentiu and Malakal because those would be the last batches in the first phase of the security arrangements.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – South-Sudan. South Sudan parties to the revitalized peace agreement have extended the graduation of the Necessary Unified Forces (NUF) in Unity State\u2019s capital Bentiu and Upper Nile State\u2019s capital Malakal to next week, a senior army officer has said. In an exclusive interview with Sudans Post this afternoon, Brig. Gen. 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