### [2025-04-21](/feed/2025/04/21/index.md)

##### Spillover of the Sudanese civil war
# The South Sudan People's Defence Forces capture the town of Nasir in Upper Nile State from the Nuer White Army. 




### Sources:

1. [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/south-sudans-military-recaptures-key-town-white-army-militia-2025-04-21/)

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1. [South Sudanese vice president Riek Machar is detained by security forces following an arrest warrant on "unclear charges", according to his spokesperson. The Sudan People's Liberation Movement-in-Opposition says Machar's arrest has effectively ended the 2018 peace agreement which ended the civil war. ](/feed/2025/03/27/south-sudanese-vice-president-riek-machar-is-detained-by-security-forces-following-an-arrest-warrant-on-unclear-charges.md) _Context: South Sudan People's Defence Forces_
2. [A UNMISS helicopter operator and approximently 27 South Sudanese soldiers are killed after being fired on by a local militia group while evacuating Nasir, South Sudan. ](/feed/2025/03/7/a-unmiss-helicopter-operator-and-approximently-27-south-sudanese-soldiers-are-killed-after-being-fired-on-by-a-local-mil.md) _Context: Nasir, South Sudan People's Defence Forces_
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