South Sudan dispatches 200 metric tons of food to cantonment sites

The South Sudan government on Tuesday dispatched 200 metric tons of food to various cantonment sites across the country.

 This comes as the transitional unity government prepares to start the second phase of training for the unified forces.

Stephen Par Kuol, the National Minister for Peace-building who also doubles as the secretary for the National Transitional Committee told journalists in Juba, that the food will be delivered to cantonment sites, unified forces units and Joint Military Ceasefire Commission (JMCC).

He said 13 trucks have been flagged off to deliver food in the countryside.

Kuol said that the second phase of training unified forces will begin as soon as possible depending on the availability of funds.

He revealed that the revitalized transitional government of national unity is working to complete the implementation of the security arrangements, adding that the first phase is completed after the deployment of the 52,000 unified forces.

 “The revitalized government of national unity is working, you have seen the deployment of forces, the first phase is completed with graduation of forces and deployment of forces, the first phase is ended and we are now entering into phase two,” Kuol said.

On April 2022, the parties to the revitalized agreement signed a deal to unify the security command structure in a bid to allow for the integration of armed forces comprising mainly of the South Sudan People’s Defense Force (SSPDF), the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army- In Opposition (SPLM/A- IO) and South Sudan Opposition Alliance (SSOA).

South Sudan attained its independence from Sudan on July 9, 2011. However, in December 2013, leadership wrangles within the ruling Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) led to the outbreak of armed conflict between the SPLM and the opposition movement that became known as the SPLM-IO.