South Sudan's government and rebel forces have traded accusations of fresh attacks

On 16.2017. Yei. South Sudan's government and rebel forces have traded accusations of fresh attacks on various areas in Yei River State over the past three days.Gen. John Jok Gai, the Military Commander of the SPLA-IO in Greater Equatoria, told Radio Tamazuj yesterday that their positions in Tigitigi and Ambasa areas came under assault by government troops over the past two days. The rebel general further said their forces managed to ambush government troops along the Tigitigi-Yei road over the past three days. “The government fell into our ambush. We attacked two Lories and three Land Cruiser vehicles, and we killed many forces from their forces but two soldiers were injured from our side,” said Gai.