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22 December 2013
December 21, 2013 (LONDON) - Forces of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) loyal to South Sudan’s former vice-president, Riek Machar, announced that they have taken control of the strategic oil-rich region of Unity state, six days after fighting erupted in the capital, Juba.
Machar told BBC on Saturday that his troops were now in control of “much of the country”, including Bor, a strategic town, which is also the capital city of South Sudan’s most populous state, Jonglei.
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