Publish Date: 7 March 2025 - 21:11

TEHRAN, Mar. 07 (MNA) – A South Sudan People’s Defense Forces general and several soldiers were killed Friday in an attack by the White Army militia as the United Nations Mission in South Sudan tried to air lift them out of Nasir.

An UNMISS pilot also died. President Salva Kiir Mayardit called for calm after Army General David Majur Dak and 27 others were killed in an attack by the White Army militia in Nasir County today.

The victims were being evacuated aboard two UN helicopters when they came under attack.

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