00:01Akobo in Jonglei State was the last major stronghold of rebel forces affiliated with detained Vice President Riek Macha.
00:10The army spokesperson said troops entered the town after meeting mild resistance from the opposition.
00:16After the successful recapture of Akobo town, SSPDF Chief of Defense Forces General Dr. Paul Nangmajok hereby requests or orders
00:29all UN agencies, international indigenous organizations to resume their normal humanitarian operations at the earliest time possible.
00:40All humanitarian agencies that pull out of Akobo town on the 7th, on the 8th, just shortly before we captured
00:49it, they are now hereby requested to resume their normal humanitarian operations.
00:56That means normal delivery of humanitarian aid. Akobo is safe, the surrounding areas are safe, and therefore they should start
01:07turning back to Akobo within the shortest time possible.
01:11On the 7th note, the entire civil population that had fled Akobo and it is in Byron are also urged
01:22or requested to return to their respective homes and villages.
01:28Prior to the offensive, the army had issued an evacuation order for civilians, United Nations agencies and aid workers.
01:36Some 200,000 people fled to neighboring Ethiopia.
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