Sudan: Ethiopia, S. Sudan to Launch Joint Military Operation Against Murle Attackers

The South Sudanese government Wednesday said it agreed to launch a joint military offensive with Ethiopia to dislodge and bring to justice ethnic Murle militia fighters who crossed into Ethiopia last Friday and massacred over 200 civilians of the ethnic Nuer community of Gambella state.

In a press conference Wednesday, Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Peter Bashir Gbandi said that preparations were underway for the joint military operations to free up to 108 children abducted by the ethnic Murle during the attacks.

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