{"id":51965,"date":"2024-01-30T15:38:41","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T15:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/sspdf-soldier-killed-many-wounded-as-rival-forces-clash-in-unity-state"},"modified":"2024-01-30T17:40:50","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T17:40:50","slug":"sspdf-soldier-killed-many-wounded-as-rival-forces-clash-in-unity-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/sspdf-soldier-killed-many-wounded-as-rival-forces-clash-in-unity-state","title":{"rendered":"SSPDF Soldier killed, many wounded as rival forces clash in Unity State"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>An SSPDF soldier was killed, and other servicemen were wounded after a convoy of Unity state governor came under gunfire within Rubkona County on Monday, according to the state Ministry of Information.<\/p>\n

In a statement released by the state information minister David Gai, military intelligence and wildlife officers were among those wounded.<\/p>\n

\u201cMonday, January, 2024 at around 11:00 AM in Barkuor-Ngol River, SPLA-IO garrison under the command of Major Gen. Turuk Khor and Maj. Gen. Gatthuol Thak attacked the Governor\u2019s Convoy and wounded the Director of Wildlife Services Maj. Gen. Matal Gai, SSPDF Military Intelligent Commander of 4th Infantry Division and other servicemen, one SSPDF soldier was killed on the spot,\u201d it partially reads.<\/p>\n

Early the SPLA-IO spokesperson, Colonel Lam Paul Gabrial said; \u201cThe Fighting erupted in Rubkona County, Unity State Monday afternoon as the SSPDF attacked the SPLA-IO base of Barkuol Ngol along Rubkona-Mayom road at noon.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, the Unity state government said Governor Dr. Joseph Manytuil came under gunfire while on his peace mission to Ngol, Nor-tikur vai Ngol River.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe government condemns this cowardice act in the strongest terms possible that hamper the implementation of ARCISS and the stability in the state.\u201d<\/p>\n

The state government called on the SPLM\/A IO leadership to hold accountable the perpetrators behind this terror attack to observe the spirit of peace.<\/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. An SSPDF soldier was killed, and other servicemen were wounded after a convoy of Unity state governor came under gunfire within Rubkona County on Monday, according to the state Ministry of Information. In a statement released by the state information minister David Gai, military intelligence and wildlife officers were among those wounded. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":51964,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[234,265,233],"class_list":["post-51965","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 Soldier killed, many wounded as rival forces clash in Unity State - South Sudan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"An SSPDF soldier was killed, and other servicemen were wounded after a convoy of Unity state governor came under gunfire ...\" \/>\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-soldier-killed-many-wounded-as-rival-forces-clash-in-unity-state\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SSPDF Soldier killed, many wounded as rival forces clash in Unity State\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"An SSPDF soldier was killed, and other servicemen were wounded after a convoy of Unity state governor came under gunfire ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/sspdf-soldier-killed-many-wounded-as-rival-forces-clash-in-unity-state\" \/>\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=\"2024-01-30T15:38:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-01-30T17:40:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2024\/01\/sm_1706621695.559054.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"478\" \/>\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-soldier-killed-many-wounded-as-rival-forces-clash-in-unity-state#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/sspdf-soldier-killed-many-wounded-as-rival-forces-clash-in-unity-state\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"SSPDF Soldier killed, many wounded as rival forces clash in Unity State\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-01-30T15:38:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-01-30T17:40:50+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/sspdf-soldier-killed-many-wounded-as-rival-forces-clash-in-unity-state\"},\"wordCount\":243,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/sspdf-soldier-killed-many-wounded-as-rival-forces-clash-in-unity-state#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2024\/01\/sm_1706621695.559054.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-soldier-killed-many-wounded-as-rival-forces-clash-in-unity-state#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/sspdf-soldier-killed-many-wounded-as-rival-forces-clash-in-unity-state\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/sspdf-soldier-killed-many-wounded-as-rival-forces-clash-in-unity-state\",\"name\":\"SSPDF Soldier killed, many wounded as rival forces clash in Unity State - South Sudan\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/sspdf-soldier-killed-many-wounded-as-rival-forces-clash-in-unity-state#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/sspdf-soldier-killed-many-wounded-as-rival-forces-clash-in-unity-state#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2024\/01\/sm_1706621695.559054.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-01-30T15:38:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-01-30T17:40:50+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"An SSPDF soldier was killed, and other servicemen were wounded after a convoy of Unity state governor came under gunfire ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/sspdf-soldier-killed-many-wounded-as-rival-forces-clash-in-unity-state#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/sspdf-soldier-killed-many-wounded-as-rival-forces-clash-in-unity-state\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/sspdf-soldier-killed-many-wounded-as-rival-forces-clash-in-unity-state#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2024\/01\/sm_1706621695.559054.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2024\/01\/sm_1706621695.559054.jpg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":478,\"caption\":\"SSPDF Soldier killed, many wounded as rival forces clash in Unity State\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/sspdf-soldier-killed-many-wounded-as-rival-forces-clash-in-unity-state#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"SSPDF Soldier killed, many wounded as rival forces clash in Unity State\"}]},{\"@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":"SSPDF Soldier killed, many wounded as rival forces clash in Unity State - South Sudan","description":"An SSPDF soldier was killed, and other servicemen were wounded after a convoy of Unity state governor came under gunfire ...","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\/sspdf-soldier-killed-many-wounded-as-rival-forces-clash-in-unity-state","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"SSPDF Soldier killed, many wounded as rival forces clash in Unity State","og_description":"An SSPDF soldier was killed, and other servicemen were wounded after a convoy of Unity state governor came under gunfire ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/sspdf-soldier-killed-many-wounded-as-rival-forces-clash-in-unity-state","og_site_name":"South Sudan","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2024-01-30T15:38:41+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-01-30T17:40:50+00:00","og_image":[{"width":720,"height":478,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2024\/01\/sm_1706621695.559054.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/sspdf-soldier-killed-many-wounded-as-rival-forces-clash-in-unity-state#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/sspdf-soldier-killed-many-wounded-as-rival-forces-clash-in-unity-state"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"SSPDF Soldier killed, many wounded as rival forces clash in Unity State","datePublished":"2024-01-30T15:38:41+00:00","dateModified":"2024-01-30T17:40:50+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/sspdf-soldier-killed-many-wounded-as-rival-forces-clash-in-unity-state"},"wordCount":243,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/sspdf-soldier-killed-many-wounded-as-rival-forces-clash-in-unity-state#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2024\/01\/sm_1706621695.559054.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-soldier-killed-many-wounded-as-rival-forces-clash-in-unity-state#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/sspdf-soldier-killed-many-wounded-as-rival-forces-clash-in-unity-state","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/sspdf-soldier-killed-many-wounded-as-rival-forces-clash-in-unity-state","name":"SSPDF Soldier killed, many wounded as rival forces clash in Unity State - South Sudan","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/sspdf-soldier-killed-many-wounded-as-rival-forces-clash-in-unity-state#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/sspdf-soldier-killed-many-wounded-as-rival-forces-clash-in-unity-state#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2024\/01\/sm_1706621695.559054.jpg","datePublished":"2024-01-30T15:38:41+00:00","dateModified":"2024-01-30T17:40:50+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"An SSPDF soldier was killed, and other servicemen were wounded after a convoy of Unity state governor came under gunfire ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/sspdf-soldier-killed-many-wounded-as-rival-forces-clash-in-unity-state#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/sspdf-soldier-killed-many-wounded-as-rival-forces-clash-in-unity-state"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/sspdf-soldier-killed-many-wounded-as-rival-forces-clash-in-unity-state#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2024\/01\/sm_1706621695.559054.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2024\/01\/sm_1706621695.559054.jpg","width":720,"height":478,"caption":"SSPDF Soldier killed, many wounded as rival forces clash in Unity State"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/sspdf-soldier-killed-many-wounded-as-rival-forces-clash-in-unity-state#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"SSPDF Soldier killed, many wounded as rival forces clash in Unity State"}]},{"@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\/51965","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=51965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}