South Sudan Says General’s Arrest Is Not Linked to Coup Plot

Bloomberg

By Jared Ferrie – Oct 17

South Sudan’s military dismissed speculation that an attempted coup in the East African nation was the reason for the arrest of an army general.

Major-General Simon Gatwec Dual is in military custody after being arrested earlier this month, Colonel Kella Dual Kueth, a spokesman for the South Sudanese army, said in a phone interview today from Juba, the capital. The army is forming a commission of inquiry to investigate Dual, he said…

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South Sudan Says General’s Arrest Is Not Linked to Coup Plot