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SPLA says it captured southern town of Gogrial

    NAIROBI

    The Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) announced on Monday that its forces had captured the garrison town of Gogrial in Bahr el-Ghazal province. Spokesman Samson Kwaje said the town was taken on 24 June and that government forces were fleeing in disarray towards Wau and Aweil, which he said were the only major towns controlled by the government in the region. Aid workers last week confirmed fighting between the two sides near Gogrial, where a ceasefire had been in effect for several months. Kwaje reiterated the SPLA’s commitment to the ceasefire and said that the action in Gogrial had been forced on the SPLA by attacks on their positions and raids on the civilian population by government troops. He gave no details of casualties on either side. There has been no comment from Khartoum on the SPLA claim.

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