Sudan: Renegade Gatluak Gai Agrees to Integrate Into SPLA Says Unity State Official

20 July 2011

Bentiu — The newly independent government of South Sudan reached a peace deal on Monday with rebel Gatluak Gai in Unity state. The final agreement came in Pakur payam [district] of Koch County, with the rebel leader being made a Lt. General the Southern military (SPLA).

Unity State government has been engaging in peace talks with Gai for the last six weeks. Gai defected from the SPLA and rebelled against South Sudan's government after the announcement of election results in April last year.

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