{"id":394356,"date":"2011-04-24T15:45:59","date_gmt":"2011-04-24T15:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/24\/57-dead-in-southern-sudan-violence\/"},"modified":"2011-04-24T15:45:59","modified_gmt":"2011-04-24T15:45:59","slug":"57-dead-in-southern-sudan-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/24\/57-dead-in-southern-sudan-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"57 dead in Southern Sudan violence"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"69.5\">\n<div readability=\"34\">\n<div>\n<p><strong>STORY HIGHLIGHTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The SPLA says it was attacked by militia forces<\/li>\n<li>Militia leader Gabriel Tang &#8220;narrowly escaped,&#8221; officials say<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>(CNN)<\/strong> &#8212; Fifty-seven &#8220;militiamen,&#8221; including several high-ranking officers loyal to militia leader Gabriel Tang, were killed when Tang&#8217;s forces attacked the Sudan People&#8217;s Liberation Army in Southern Sudan, officials said Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Tang&#8217;s forces launched the attack at Kaldak on Saturday, the Sudan People&#8217;s Liberation Army (SPLA) said in a statement issued on behalf of Gen. Malaak Ayuen of the South Sudan Army. The SPLA is the military wing of the movement that governs Southern Sudan.<\/p>\n<p>The SPLA killed 57 of Tang&#8217;s forces, including three major generals and a number of brigadier generals, according to the statement. In addition, one major general and other brigadier generals were captured, the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>Tang himself &#8220;narrowly escaped&#8221; the fighting, according to the statement.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said it was unclear why Tang&#8217;s forces attacked the troops, but the SPLA said it believes he has been in contact with other rebel groups in the region.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CNN&#8217;s Nima Elbagir contributed to this report.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/c5ecfooter_google.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>See the article here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/rss.cnn.com\/~r\/rss\/edition_africa\/~3\/Sm0DMI3i0TI\/index.html\" title=\"57 dead in Southern Sudan violence\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">57 dead in Southern Sudan violence<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> STORY HIGHLIGHTS The SPLA says it was attacked by militia forces Militia leader Gabriel Tang &#8220;narrowly escaped,&#8221; officials say (CNN) &#8212; Fifty-seven &#8220;militiamen,&#8221; including several high-ranking officers loyal to militia leader Gabriel Tang, were killed when Tang&#8217;s forces attacked the Sudan People&#8217;s Liberation Army in Southern Sudan, officials said Sunday. Tang&#8217;s forces launched the attack at Kaldak on Saturday, the Sudan People&#8217;s Liberation Army (SPLA) said in a statement issued on behalf of Gen. Malaak Ayuen of the South Sudan Army<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-394356","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>57 dead in Southern Sudan violence - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/24\/57-dead-in-southern-sudan-violence\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"57 dead in Southern Sudan violence - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"STORY HIGHLIGHTS The SPLA says it was attacked by militia forces Militia leader Gabriel Tang &quot;narrowly escaped,&quot; officials say (CNN) -- Fifty-seven &quot;militiamen,&quot; including several high-ranking officers loyal to militia leader Gabriel Tang, were killed when Tang&#039;s forces attacked the Sudan People&#039;s Liberation Army in Southern Sudan, officials said Sunday. 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