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Africa-Press – South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>South Sudan main armed opposition commander General Tito Biel Wich has reportedly been airlifted from Mankien, in Unity state\u2019s Mayom County, to South Sudan\u2019s capital Juba, officials with direct knowledge have said.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Sudans Post this afternoon, Chuol Gatluak, Mayom County Commissioner, said General Biel has been airlifted to the capital Juba to meet with President Salva Kiir Mayardit on the future of his forces.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes I can confirm that General Tito Biel Wich has departed Mankien this afternoon and travelled to Juba and the reason of his trip is that he will meet with His Excellency President Salva Kiir Mayardit about his forces,\u201d Gatluak said.<\/p>\n

The senior government official said the former opposition commander had raised issues regarding the implementation of the revitalized peace agreement; especially the security arrangement which he said will also be one of the points of discussion with President Kiir.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen he defected he raised the issue about the opposition forces, their integration into the South Sudan People\u2019s Defense Forces and how to achieve this without taking much time for the parties to complete,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, this will be one of the main points of discussion he will have with President Salva Kiir Mayardit plus other issues that he and his soldiers are facing here in Unity state and how to address them,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – South-Sudan. South Sudan main armed opposition commander General Tito Biel Wich has reportedly been airlifted from Mankien, in Unity state\u2019s Mayom County, to South Sudan\u2019s capital Juba, officials with direct knowledge have said. Speaking to Sudans Post this afternoon, Chuol Gatluak, Mayom County Commissioner, said General Biel has been airlifted to the capital […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":9906,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[234,265,233],"class_list":["post-9907","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":"\nDefecting SPLA-IO commander airlifted to Juba - South Sudan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"South Sudan main armed opposition commander General Tito Biel Wich has reportedly been airlifted from Mankien, in Unity ...\" \/>\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\/defecting-spla-io-commander-airlifted-to-juba\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Defecting SPLA-IO commander airlifted to Juba\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"South Sudan main armed opposition commander General Tito Biel Wich has reportedly been airlifted from Mankien, in Unity ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/defecting-spla-io-commander-airlifted-to-juba\" \/>\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=\"2022-02-11T15:29:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-02-11T16:14:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2022\/02\/img-62068b55e1806.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"850\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"497\" \/>\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\/defecting-spla-io-commander-airlifted-to-juba#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/defecting-spla-io-commander-airlifted-to-juba\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Defecting SPLA-IO commander airlifted to Juba\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-02-11T15:29:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-02-11T16:14:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/defecting-spla-io-commander-airlifted-to-juba\"},\"wordCount\":243,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/defecting-spla-io-commander-airlifted-to-juba#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2022\/02\/img-62068b55e1806.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\/defecting-spla-io-commander-airlifted-to-juba#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/defecting-spla-io-commander-airlifted-to-juba\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/defecting-spla-io-commander-airlifted-to-juba\",\"name\":\"Defecting SPLA-IO commander airlifted to Juba - 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