830: SRSG David Shearer briefs UN Security Council on South Sudan
SRSG David Shearer tells the UN Security Council, that  continued regional support will be needed to drive the implementation of the Revitalized Agreement on the resolution of the conflict in South Sudan forward and ensure that it is adequately resourced. “The peace agreement is far from perfect,” Mr. Shearer told the Security council, “but it is the one that we have in front of us today … the...
13m Mar 08, 2019
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830: South Sudan largest arts for peace festival kicks off this weekend
The third annual festival of arts and culture gets underway in Juba this weekend. The two-day Hagana Festival starting on Saturday will bring South Sudan’s artists to showcase their talents through Visual Art, Music, Spoken Word, Fashion, Traditional and Contemporary Dancing, Comedy, Theatre, and Storytelling. Speaking to radio Miraya ahead of the event, John Ador, a youth activist said this ...
7m Mar 08, 2019
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823: Morning Motivation: Change the conversations that you have with yourself
Waking up to who you are or who you want to be begins with a change in the conversations that you have with yourselves. If you believe that suffering is your portion, poverty is your bill and more disruptive and negative conversations, then you open your life to self-blame, low esteem and low productivity. You need positive voices and conversations that bring encouragement and a trigger eleme...
12m Mar 08, 2019
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830: UN Chief in South Sudan to Brief UN Security Council on South Sudan
The United Nations Chief in South Sudan David Shearer has arrived  New York where he is going to brief the UN Security Council on the situation in the country on Friday. Speaking to Radio Miraya before his departure Mr. Shearer said that the peace process is our only chance: "We have a peace process at the moment, which is the only chance in town for peace. This is plan A and there is not pla...
10m Mar 07, 2019
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830: Humanitarians scale up measles vaccination campaign in Boma State
Humanitarian partners have scaled up a massive measles vaccination campaign targeting 47,000 children across Boma State. This follows reported cases of measles with about 60 children showing signs of the contagious disease. The Deputy Governor John Aballa has a message to parents in Boma State.
3m Mar 07, 2019
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830: AU Peace and Security council to find interventions needed for Cessation of Hostilities to hold in Yei
The AU peace and security council visited Yei River state on Wednesday for an onspot assessment of the status of the implementation of the revitalized peace agreement. The commission visited Yei to find out why the cessation of hostilities agreement is not holding. Ambassador Catherine Muigai Mwagi, Chairperson of the African Union Peace and Security Council, said that the commission needs to...
3m Mar 07, 2019
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822: Morning Motivation: Give yourself discipline to accomplish your goals
Did you know that for every action you take, you are one decision away from the next level? You may be trying to date a young beautiful woman, but then you keep thinking about it, days and months pass and before you realize someone else has taken her. Sit down, allocate time and give yourself discipline to accomplish your goals, because life is not a chance, it is a choice! “Our choices in a...
11m Mar 07, 2019
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821: Morning Motivation: Do not set the bar of your life so low
“You cannot afford to set the bar too low even with yourself,” - Taurayi Sanders Mpunganyi Have you ever felt so low? That moment when you broke up with your boyfriend or divorced the mother of your beautiful children. The moment you lost the most valuable member of your family, in a night robbery and the incident remains very traumatic and you felt so low and felt life is useless. Miraya mo...
8m Mar 06, 2019
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820: Morning Motivation - Spend time with people with a positive outlook to life
“Stop and quit the average attitude, don’t live other people life, live your own life in a manner that impacts positively all those around you.” - Taurayi Sanders Mpunganyi Johnny K had just joined a club of entrepreneurs where I spent most of my day talking to people who I thought had made greater strides in life. Traders, investors, stockists, and distributors became his greatest companions....
10m Mar 05, 2019
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815: Your Attitude is Your Price Tag
You have set big goals this year, and whether they involve investing in business conferences, identifying your priorities, or starting your own business, there are certain attitudes that can help you score and achieve your goals faster. Miraya Motivation Speaker, Taurayi Mpunganyi, says “Attitude is the worst enemy” in goal setting. “This year, use humility as an asset to create new opportuni...
8m Mar 04, 2019
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819: UNFPA Protecting women's sexual and reproductive health and rights South Sudan
The global theme for this year’s IWD is “Think Equal, Build Smart, Innovate for Change.” In South Sudan, the Government will use the occasion to push for increased women’s participation in decision-making and has adopted the national theme, “Think Equal: Make 35% women’s participation count.” In this light, UNFPA is supporting the Ministry of Gender, Child and Social Welfare in promoting the ...
7m Mar 04, 2019
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818: Japanese Scholar calls for determination and willingness to implement the South Sudan Peace agreement
A visiting Japanese scholar is calling for real determination and willingness to implement the peace agreement, so the country can attain durable peace. Speaking to Miraya Breakfast show Dr. Daisaku Higash, a professor at the University of Sophia in Japan said the ongoing peace process needs must be inclusive to succeed. “The question is whether the political leaders have the determination to...
7m Mar 01, 2019
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814: Keys to Personal Success - Part Three
Today, when faced with a setback, ask yourself: What can you see that you never saw before? And what would an optimist do right now? Pick up the challenge and move ahead – Thaurayi Munganyi speaks about today’s motivation on Keys to success. “When it comes to going for what you want to achieve in life, don’t take no for an answer.” Listen here
5m Mar 01, 2019
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813: Keys to Personal Success - Part Two
What would you be doing with your time if you knew you had only three healthy months left to live? Well the answer is simple - Focus your precious time, and resources on things and people that truly matter most to you. Thaurayi says "take the time to get a clear picture on what you would like to accomplish in this remaining time." Whatever you focus on, it is important to keep it simple to a...
7m Feb 28, 2019
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817: Terekeka MPs ask for Car Loans as President Begins Tour of Greater Bahl Ghazel
Members of the Terekeka state Legislative Assembly, have asked President Salva Kiir for loans to buy cars. The President’s spokesperson, Ateny Wek Ateny, said the demand was made on Tuesday when the President made a stopover in Terekeka on his tour of greater Bahr-El- Ghazal Region. President Salva Kiir addressed citizens of Terekeka and Awerial county on his first day of tour to Bahr el Ghaz...
5m Feb 27, 2019
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816: Trauma Healing in South Sudan Critical for Peace Building - Anyieth D' Awol
Anyieth D’ Awol, is the face behind the “Remembering The Ones We Lost”, an ambitious project initiated with an aim to record and document the deaths of all victims of armed violence in South Sudan since 1955. Currently Anyieth says her passion is to document and memorialize of civilians killed and members of armed groups “You have children dying in the conflict, you have women who are dying i...
13m Feb 27, 2019
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812: Keys to Personal Success - Part One
Throughout his life, Thaurayi Mpunganyi, has found love and friendships to love and cherish, faced challenges, worked in a foreign country, has written books, created awesome motivation speeches, lived in a multicultural environment, and worked hard to ensure a decent life for his wife and three children. Throughout these and plenty more crazy, insane, complex, and utterly beautiful life event...
9m Feb 27, 2019
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811: How to create a healthy Marriage
“If you want a submitted female, be a committed male, it is that simple” says Thaurayi Mpunganyi How do you create a loving connection in your relationship? Want to find out more about the tips and tricks to a healthy marriage? Click to listen to today’s motivation.
4m Feb 26, 2019
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816: Democracy in Action Speaks with Col. Lam Paul Gabriel, SPLM-IO Military Spokesperson
Democracy in Action program host, Sani Martin sat down with Col. Lam Paul Gabriel for a discussion that touched on a range of issues; The process of Peace implementation in South Sudan Progress on the establishment of the cantonment sites General overview on the role the SPLA - IO is playing to bring peace and stability in South Sudan. Want to find out more? Click on the link to listen to t...
45m Feb 25, 2019
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810: How to Celebrate Growing Older
When I was 37 Years old, a new wave of fear swept over my life. As I faced the future, all I could see was the beginning of a new journey to growing old. Why the fear and dread? I kept asking myself. I was going to be 40! Like many youths, I regarded The Big 4-0” as the end of the party. I would become dull and I feared what people around me would begin to say. Today, Taurayi encourages you ...
7m Feb 25, 2019
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809: How to create an Inner Circle that focuses on Your Growth and Progress
“Whether you like it all not, you will always have haters in life, because they don’t have any plans of their own and they don’t even know why they just hate you.” Today, Taurayi Mpunganyi, Miraya Morning Motivation Speaker, is using his experience in working with people, to answer our pressing questions about what makes an inner circle, because as he says, “hang up with people who believe in ...
4m Feb 22, 2019
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816: Hunger Kills 6 in Western Lakes as authorities appeal for Humanitarian support
Authorities in Western Lakes have launched an urgent appeal for food aid, following reports that six people died of hunger related causes. Isaac Marol Anyuonic, the acting Director of Community Development, Ministry of Gender and Social Development says food shortages and rising prices have taken a toll on many households and the effects have begun to show. Want to find out more about the foo...
6m Feb 22, 2019
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816: Civil Society Activists agree to establish Conflict Early warning base in South Sudan
Civil society activists have agreed to establish an East African civil society conflict early warning system with CEPO as the host in South Sudan. This is one of the recommendations from a two day East African community civil society solidarity meeting which was held in Juba this week. Grace John Kenyi, Governance Manager for community Empowerment for Progress Organization – CEPO, says the sy...
11m Feb 22, 2019
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816: Public Lecture to recognize role of Bishop Paride Taban as a peacemaker
A public Lecture in recognition of Peace prize winner, Bishop Paride Taban, takes place in Juba today. The Lecture comes 9 months since Bishop Paride was awarded the Four Freedoms’ Freedom of Worship Award by the Roosevelt Foundation in the Netherlands. Loes Lijnders, Director, Institute for Justice and Peace Studies at the Catholic University of South Sudan, says a special panel has been sel...
10m Feb 21, 2019
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816: SPLM Acting Secretary General calls for Party Reunification to Implement revitalized agreement.
The Acting Secretary-General of the SPLM party says the reunification of the party is important for the effective implementation of the revitalized peace agreement. Jemma Nunu Kumba says a committee formed by Presidential decree last month is drafting mechanisms for the reunification and will present their recommendations to the party leadership for endorsement. She says the reunification wil...
14m Feb 21, 2019
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808: How to Choose to be happy
Mr. Taurayi Mpunganyi is the voice behind Miraya Morning Motivation, and as a part of the new year motivation series, he tackles some of your most pressing questions, to bring a new perspective to the table. Today, Taurayi answers a question on how to overcome fear and be happy.
4m Feb 21, 2019
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807: Be Motivated for a Brand New Year, with Brand New Results
“When you make excuses, you give yourself reason not to explore new opportunities,” says Taurayi Mpunganyi, Miraya Morning Motivation speaker. The New Year brings comes with hopes and dreams, which when not nurtured well, deprive us of what we want to achieve. To help you reach your New year resolution, Taurayi outlines a list of tips help you realise your hopes from a brand-new year with bra...
8m Feb 20, 2019
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816: UNDP Chief, Ahunna Eziakonwa Onochie, says Investing in Peace should go beyond Funding
The visiting Head of the UNDP Africa Office, Ahunna Eziakonwa Onochie says investing in peace should go beyond funding to include building the confidence of the population in the peace process. The Assistant Secretary-General is wrapping up a visit to South Sudan along with the Director for the UNDP Crisis Bureau. In an exclusive interview with the Radio Miraya Breakfast Program, Ms Onochie sa...
14m Feb 20, 2019
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806: Presence of cattle herders poses threat to returning communities in Nyepo
The presence of armed cattle keepers is posing a threat to the return of displaced communities in Nyepo County, in the Greater Kajo-Keji area. County commissioner, Julius Lokonga says more than 1,600 people have returned to their homes from displaced settlements and refugee camps but are living in fear of the herders as they move with their guns. Lokonga says the cattle keepers are scattering...
4m Feb 19, 2019
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805: Ruweng state reports birth deformities and health complications in oil-producing areas
Communities living around oil fields in Ruweng state are reporting deformities in new-born babies and high rates of cattle death. The residents blame the cases on consumption of water contaminated with chemicals leaking from oil production sites. The Ruweng state minister of health and environment, Simon Chol Malith, confirms the reports and is cautioning oil companies to properly dispose of ...
4m Feb 19, 2019
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804: Discussion: SPLM-IO concerned about ‘premature’ creation of transitional government
A member of the SPLM-IO sitting on the National Constitutional Amendment Committee says attempts to move forward with the creation of a transitional government before completion of assigned tasks during the pre-transitional period would be ‘premature’ and could jeopardise the peace process. Oyet Nathaniel Pierino is concerned about the slow progress in implementation of key activities during t...
38m Feb 18, 2019
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803: UNMISS-supported mobile court opens in Malakal
A mobile court opens in Malakal today to try cases of crimes committed inside the UN Protection of Civilian site. The court is supported by the UN Mission in South Sudan and is manned by South Sudanese judges, court officials, prosecutors, defence counsels and Police. UNMISS Senior Rule of Law Officer, Anees Ahmed says the establishment of the court builds on the success of a similar mobile c...
11m Feb 18, 2019
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802: UN calls for justice for rape attack victims in Unity region
A UN report released on Friday highlights cases of sexual violence in the Unity region. The report by the UN Human Rights Office and the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) documents 134 cases of women and girls raped, and 41 having suffered other forms of sexual and physical violence just between September and December 2018. The report suggests that most of the attacks are reported to have bee...
8m Feb 18, 2019
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801: Stiff penalties in offing for polythene bag users
Plans are underway to impose heavy fines on individuals who continue to buy commodities packed in plastic bags. The Ministry of Environment and Forestry last year announced a ban on the importation of the polythene bags, but the items have slowly found themselves back onto the market. Speaking exclusively to Radio Miraya the undersecretary in the ministry, Joseph Africano Bartel said penaltie...
9m Feb 15, 2019
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800: WFP pre-positions humanitarian assistance ahead of rainy season
The UN World Food Program (WFP), has started pre-positioning humanitarian assistance in hunger prone parts of the country. Truckloads of food and non-food supplies have been dispatched to Pibor, Yirol and Uror before the onset of the rainy season, when many routes become inaccessible. WFP Communications Officer, Thomson Phiri says they are taking advantage of the dry conditions to transport t...
6m Feb 15, 2019
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799: Japan Ambassador Seiji Okada on South Sudan peace process and his country’s support
Japan’s Ambassador to South Sudan says he remains ‘cautiously optimistic’ about the peace process and is closely monitoring developments as his country continues to support the process. Japan last week announced a contribution of 1 million US dollars towards the work of the National Pre-Transitional Committee, becoming the first international partner to make a financial contribution. Speaking...
11m Feb 15, 2019
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797: “I am fully committed to the peace agreement” - Bakosoro
The leader of the National Movement for Change party says his forces are on standby awaiting cantonment. In an exclusive interview with Radio Miraya, Joseph Bangasi Bakosoro said the troops, which are part of the South Sudan Opposition Alliance (SSOA) are scattered in small groups awaiting instructions to assemble. He says the Movement for Change party remains fully committed to implementing ...
19m Feb 14, 2019
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796: Terrain Hotel petitions military court over compensation delays for July 2016 attack
The management of Terrain Hotel has petitioned the army court-martial seeking payment of damages for an attack by soldiers on the hotel in July 2016. A lawyer representing Terrain, Philip Sinyango Ngong, filed the petition this morning, appealing to the military court to compel the Ministry of Defence to pay the two million US dollars that was awarded by the court last September. Ngong says h...
5m Feb 13, 2019
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795: Rights Groups call for investigation into disappearance of activists Dong Samuel and Aggrey Idri
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch are urging the government to investigate the disappearance of human rights activists Dong Samuel and Aggrey Idri who went missing in Nairobi, Kenya two years ago. In a joint press statement, the rights groups say the two were last seen in a national security detention center in Juba late last year. Seif Magango, is Amnesty International’s Deputy Di...
8m Feb 13, 2019
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794: UNMISS partners with South Sudan organised forces to remove children from armed ranks
More than 100 children associated with armed conflict will be released today in Yambio, Gbudue state. The 48 girls and 71 boys were demobilized after an assessment and verification conducted by UN Children’s Agency - UNICEF, the Child Protection Unit of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan and the National Disarmament, Demobilization and Rehabilitation Commission. Chief of the UNMISS Chi...
18m Feb 12, 2019
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793: More than 1,000 children released from armed groups in the past year
Another batch of more than 100 children associated with armed conflict will be released today in Yambio, Gbudue state. The 48 girls and 71 boys were demobilized after an assessment and verification conducted by UN Children’s Agency - UNICEF, the Child Protection Unit of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan and the National Disarmament, Demobilization and Rehabilitation Commission. The rel...
6m Feb 12, 2019
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792: Girls-empowerment program supports vulnerable school dropouts
A girls-empowerment program is providing life-skills and hope for school dropouts in Central Upper Nile, Aweil and Jubek states. The program is implemented by the local NGO – ‘Support for Peace and Education Program,’ and aims to equip vulnerable girls with vocational and business skills that would help them support themselves and their families. The Support for Peace and Education Program wa...
5m Feb 11, 2019
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791: Three UN Peacekeepers dead as Helicopter Crashes in UN Compound in Abyei
An investigation has been opened into a helicopter crash that led to the death of three UN peacekeepers in Abyei. The Ethiopian military helicopter was transporting forces of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA), from Kadugli in Sudan to Abyei, when it crashed inside the compound of the U.N. peacekeeping mission on Saturday morning. A total of 23 passengers were on boa...
4m Feb 11, 2019
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790: Juba City Council cracks down on litterbugs and brothels
Juba City Council is enforcing tough penalties against people caught littering the streets of Juba. Fines of between five thousand (5,000 SSP) and ten thousand (10,000 SSP) pounds are being imposed for dropping garbage on the streets and public areas. Deputy Mayor, Nhial Majak Nhial, says the measures are being enforced to keep the national capital clean.  He is appealing to the public to coop...
4m Feb 11, 2019
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789: CTSAMVM submits budget to NPTC for national monitors
The Ceasefire and Transitional Security Arrangements Monitoring and Verification Mechanism (CTSAMVM) has sent a budget to the National Pre-Transitional Committee (NPTC) seeking support for its national monitors. National ceasefire monitors have been grounded for weeks because of a lack of funding. Sara Mukashaba, Acting Legal Advisor for CTSAMVM says they are waiting for communication on thei...
8m Feb 08, 2019
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787: “I am not bitter anymore, I just want to spend time with my family”- former SPLA-IO spox James Gatdet Dak
The former spokesperson of SPLM/A-IO leader Riek Machar says he has forgiven those responsible for his detention in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. In November 2016, James Gatdet Dak was deported by Kenyan officials to face charges in Juba. After two years in detention, President Salva Kiir pardoned Gatdet from his death sentence and ordered his release during peace celebrations in Juba in Octobe...
9m Feb 08, 2019
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788: Wildlife authorities to conduct DNA testing on smuggled ivory and pangolin scales
An official from the Wildlife Conservation Society says DNA testing will be done on a consignment of smuggled ivory and pangolin scales that was intercepted in Uganda to determine its origin. The 750 pieces of ivory and thousands of scales were discovered last week by Ugandan authorities, concealed in a cargo of timber which they said had crossed the border from South Sudan. The Uganda Revenu...
7m Feb 08, 2019
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786: SRSG David Shearer Press Briefing in New York 05.02.2019
SPLM/SPLA-IO leader Riek Machar says he is committed to returning to Juba in May under a power-sharing deal. UN Special Representative and head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), David Shearer told a news conference at the United Nations headquarters in New York on Tuesday that he met with Machar at his exiled home in Khartoum last week to discuss plans for a transitional g...
23m Feb 06, 2019
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785: IOM seeks $122mln for South Sudan activities through 2019
The International Organization for Migration - the IOM, has put out an appeal seeking 122 million US dollars to fund its activities in South Sudan through 2019. The funding aims to support nearly 1 million people.  IOM South Sudan Chief of Mission, Jean-Phillippe Chauzy, says their planned activities will build on the momentum of the prospective peace to build resilience and meet the resulting...
13m Feb 06, 2019
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783: Parties agree to establishment of 25 cantonment sites; forces to begin moving this week
The Joint Defence Board has agreed to the establishment of twenty-five cantonment sites for all opposition forces. The Joint Defence Board is formed at the level of chiefs of staff and directors general of national security service, police and all other organized forces. The body is tasked with command and control over all forces during the pre-transitional period. Each cantonment site will ha...
8m Feb 05, 2019
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