Feature: Graduation of unified forces ignites hope of peace, security in South Sudan


  • World
  • Wednesday, 31 Aug 2022

JUBA, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- Columns of soldiers and police officers marching to martial and band music as President Salva Kiir and his entire cabinet watched on in amusement was the scene on Tuesday at the Dr. John Garang Mausoleum in Juba, the capital of South Sudan.

The military column marked the graduation of the first batch of more than 21,000 unified forces out of the total of 83,000 forces of the transitional unity government.

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