SPLA CAPTURES KODOK TOWN OF FASHODA STATE




Kodok, the administrative headquarters of  Fashoda state has been under tribal  militias control.
Sources tell  reporters Without Tribes  on phone that this morning  government forces are full control of Kodok  town  at  900  local time 



According to the  sources on the ground  says that the fighting  has displaced thousands of people who need urgent needs from any humanitarian  agencies in the country ,As a result of heavy fighting between the militias  that affiliated  to the former  vice  President  Dr  Riek Machar  .
Now forces of Johnson Olony are out of Kodok  town


TALKOFJUBA .

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