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| Africa Subsaharan |
| South Sudan rebels retake strategic town along Ethiopia border |
| 2017-08-13 |
| [Iran Press TV] South Sudan’s rebels say they have retaken control of their stronghold town of Pagak near the border with Æthiopia from government forces. "We took control of Pagak ... government forces are not in Pagak, we have pushed them out," Rooters quoted rebel front man Lam Paul Gabriel as saying on Saturday. Pagak was captured by South Sudan's military on Monday, but rebels engaged in heavy festivities with government forces on Friday in an attempt to retake the town. The rebels’ control of Pagak, located in the Upper Nile region, provides them with an easy route for cross-border movement and smuggling of arms and other supplies from Æthiopia. |
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