{"id":47592,"date":"2023-11-16T13:51:17","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T13:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-kicks-off-long-awaited-deployment-of-forces"},"modified":"2023-11-16T14:22:08","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T14:22:08","slug":"south-sudan-kicks-off-long-awaited-deployment-of-forces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-kicks-off-long-awaited-deployment-of-forces","title":{"rendered":"South Sudan kicks off long-awaited deployment of forces"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>South Sudan peace parties on Wednesday kicked off the milestone deployment of the Necessary Unified Forces (NUF) as dozens of river boats and vehicles dispatch troops to different deployment centers.<\/p>\n

A battalion of about 750 soldiers including 10 female combatants were ferried to Upper Nile\u2019s capital Malakal, following a deployment ceremony held at the Luri Training Center, west of Juba.<\/p>\n

They are part of the over 53,000 graduated unified forces.<\/p>\n

Tut Gatluak, the Presidential Advisor on National Security Affairs and Chair of the Joint Defense Board, said President Kiir ordered the deployment.<\/p>\n

He said that the battalion are being deployed to Malakal while others head to the Bahr el Ghazal region.<\/p>\n

He added that some forces will be brought from the Bahr el Ghazal region to the capital Juba.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe President of the Republic is the one who ordered and decided for us to deploy these forces who graduated and to be deployed in the different military divisions. That is order of the President and Presidency,\u201d Gatluak said at a deployment ceremony in Luri on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday we are celebrating the first battalion that is going to Malakal, and there\u2019s another battalion going to Northern Bahr el ghazal, and at the same time vehicles that going to Bahr el Ghazal will bring new soldiers from Bahr el Ghazal to Juba.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAlso, these boats that are going to Malakal will bring soldiers to Juba so that we can finish the deployment of those who are in the training centers.\u201d<\/p>\n

On her part, Interior Minister Angelina Teny described the deployed soldiers as an example and ideal for a new national army.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re an example, and ideal for the new South Sudan national army, that can bring peace and stability of peace in this country and can get away all these issues we are facing,\u201d Angelina said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYour role is clear about defending this country and its people and the dignity of its people, sometimes you can be called for a different mission, if the police have a lot of pressure and need support, they can call you.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOnly make sure to protect this country, and the safety of the citizens will be easy for the police when you protect the territorial integrity of this country.\u201d<\/p>\n

Under the 2018 revitalized peace agreement, the transitional government is supposed to train and deploy 83,000 unified forces consisting of police, wildlife, prisons, intelligence and military officers.<\/p>\n

So far, only 53,000 have been trained and graduated.<\/p>\n

The deployment of the unified forces is critical for the conduct of South Sudan\u2019s first ever elections due in December 2024.<\/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 peace parties on Wednesday kicked off the milestone deployment of the Necessary Unified Forces (NUF) as dozens of river boats and vehicles dispatch troops to different deployment centers. A battalion of about 750 soldiers including 10 female combatants were ferried to Upper Nile\u2019s capital Malakal, following a deployment ceremony held […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":47591,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[234,265,233],"class_list":["post-47592","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":"\nSouth Sudan kicks off long-awaited deployment of forces - South Sudan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"South Sudan peace parties on Wednesday kicked off the milestone deployment of the Necessary Unified Forces (NUF) as doze ...\" \/>\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\/south-sudan-kicks-off-long-awaited-deployment-of-forces\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"South Sudan kicks off long-awaited deployment of forces\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"South Sudan peace parties on Wednesday kicked off the milestone deployment of the Necessary Unified Forces (NUF) as doze ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-kicks-off-long-awaited-deployment-of-forces\" \/>\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=\"2023-11-16T13:51:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-11-16T14:22:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2023\/11\/sm_1700131758.391461.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1008\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"490\" \/>\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=\"2 minutes\" \/>\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\/south-sudan-kicks-off-long-awaited-deployment-of-forces#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-kicks-off-long-awaited-deployment-of-forces\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"South Sudan kicks off long-awaited deployment of forces\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-16T13:51:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-16T14:22:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-kicks-off-long-awaited-deployment-of-forces\"},\"wordCount\":447,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-kicks-off-long-awaited-deployment-of-forces#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2023\/11\/sm_1700131758.391461.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\/south-sudan-kicks-off-long-awaited-deployment-of-forces#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-kicks-off-long-awaited-deployment-of-forces\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-kicks-off-long-awaited-deployment-of-forces\",\"name\":\"South Sudan kicks off long-awaited deployment of forces - South Sudan\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-kicks-off-long-awaited-deployment-of-forces#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-kicks-off-long-awaited-deployment-of-forces#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2023\/11\/sm_1700131758.391461.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-16T13:51:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-16T14:22:08+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"South Sudan peace parties on Wednesday kicked off the milestone deployment of the Necessary Unified Forces (NUF) as doze ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-kicks-off-long-awaited-deployment-of-forces#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-kicks-off-long-awaited-deployment-of-forces\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-kicks-off-long-awaited-deployment-of-forces#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2023\/11\/sm_1700131758.391461.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2023\/11\/sm_1700131758.391461.jpg\",\"width\":1008,\"height\":490,\"caption\":\"South Sudan kicks off long-awaited deployment of forces\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-kicks-off-long-awaited-deployment-of-forces#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"South Sudan kicks off long-awaited deployment of forces\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/\",\"name\":\"South Sudan\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"South Sudan kicks off long-awaited deployment of forces - South Sudan","description":"South Sudan peace parties on Wednesday kicked off the milestone deployment of the Necessary Unified Forces (NUF) as doze ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-kicks-off-long-awaited-deployment-of-forces","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"South Sudan kicks off long-awaited deployment of forces","og_description":"South Sudan peace parties on Wednesday kicked off the milestone deployment of the Necessary Unified Forces (NUF) as doze ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-kicks-off-long-awaited-deployment-of-forces","og_site_name":"South Sudan","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2023-11-16T13:51:17+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-11-16T14:22:08+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1008,"height":490,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2023\/11\/sm_1700131758.391461.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-kicks-off-long-awaited-deployment-of-forces#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-kicks-off-long-awaited-deployment-of-forces"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"South Sudan kicks off long-awaited deployment of forces","datePublished":"2023-11-16T13:51:17+00:00","dateModified":"2023-11-16T14:22:08+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-kicks-off-long-awaited-deployment-of-forces"},"wordCount":447,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-kicks-off-long-awaited-deployment-of-forces#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2023\/11\/sm_1700131758.391461.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\/south-sudan-kicks-off-long-awaited-deployment-of-forces#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-kicks-off-long-awaited-deployment-of-forces","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-kicks-off-long-awaited-deployment-of-forces","name":"South Sudan kicks off long-awaited deployment of forces - South Sudan","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-kicks-off-long-awaited-deployment-of-forces#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-kicks-off-long-awaited-deployment-of-forces#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2023\/11\/sm_1700131758.391461.jpg","datePublished":"2023-11-16T13:51:17+00:00","dateModified":"2023-11-16T14:22:08+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"South Sudan peace parties on Wednesday kicked off the milestone deployment of the Necessary Unified Forces (NUF) as doze ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-kicks-off-long-awaited-deployment-of-forces#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-kicks-off-long-awaited-deployment-of-forces"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-kicks-off-long-awaited-deployment-of-forces#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2023\/11\/sm_1700131758.391461.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2023\/11\/sm_1700131758.391461.jpg","width":1008,"height":490,"caption":"South Sudan kicks off long-awaited deployment of forces"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-kicks-off-long-awaited-deployment-of-forces#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"South Sudan kicks off long-awaited deployment of forces"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/","name":"South Sudan","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}