South Sudan: Upper Nile Governor Downplays Rebel Threat to Retake Malakal

11 February 2014

Juba — The governor of South Sudan's Upper Nile has downplayed threats by an armed group allied to the former Vice President Riek Machar, who have threatened to retake the state capital Malakal, should troops loyal to President Salva Kiir continues to launch attacks on their positions.

"The security situation is calm. Civilians have already returned to Malakal town, which is now under complete control of our forces. All these utterances in the media are just propaganda statements", Simon Kun Puoc, governor of Upper Nile state told Sudan Tribune on Tuesday.

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