The 14-Mile Area: Sudan/South Sudan update from the Small Arms Survey

The 14-Mile Area (3 November 2014)
Describing events through 25 October. SPLA-IO troops have been moving through the 14-Mile Area and are massing in East Darfur in preparation for dry season ground operations in Northern Bahr el Ghazal (NBeG). Rizeigat militias have attacked the SPLA-IO in East Darfur, concerned that the rebel’s presence in their territory will threaten Rizeigat relations with the Malual Dinka and the NBeG administration. The Joint Border Verification and Monitoring Mechanism has begun conducting minimal aerial reconnaissance of the east of the 14-Mile Area. However, its findings—absent force protection and ground patrols—are not definitive.
http://www.smallarmssurveysudan.org/facts-figures/borderdisputed-areas/14-mile-area.html

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