JDB summons Gen. Lokujo, SSPDF and SPLA-IO commanders to face justice

Co-Chairs of the Joint Defense Board, Gen. JJ Okot, Gen. Gabriel Duop Lam and other co-chairs briefing the media over the Kajo-Keji incident on September 29, 2020(Photo credit: SSBC)

Oct 1, 2020(Nyamilepedia) — South Sudan’s Joint Defense Board has summoned the recently defected Maj. Gen. Moses Lokujo and the rival commanders of the SPLA-IO and SSPDF in Kajo-Keji to report to Juba without further delays. Addressing the media after an emergency meeting in the capital, Juba, the Co-Chairs of the JDB have issued stricts warnings, calling on the warring […]

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South Sudan’s Machar Reshuffles Members of Opposition’s Joint Defense Board

South Sudan Cheif of Defense forces Gen. Jok Riak, right, and SPLA-IO Deputy Chief of Staffs for Administration and Logistic Gen. James Koang Chuol, left, in Juba on Tuesday, 8th of January 2019 (File/Supplied/Nyamilepedia)

January 9, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) — South Sudan’s First Vice President Designate, Chairman and Commander-in-Chief of the main armed opposition, SPLM/A in Opposition has replaced two members who have been representing the Opposition in the Joint Defense Board. According to reshuffle documents, circulated on social media yesterday, Machar has removed the Co-Chair of the Defense Board, 1st Lt. Gen. James Koang […]

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