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South Sudan’s head of army James Ajongo is dead

South Sudan’s army chief General James Ajongo dies. (File, Reuters)

South Sudan’s army chief General James Ajongo died in Cairo on Friday following a short illness, government spokesman Michael Makuei Lueth said.

“It is with a heavy heart that I announce the untimely death of Gen. James Ajongo Mawut, SPLA army’s chief of defense force,” Lueth said.

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