“In the meeting of the national security council, it was clear to our forces at the boarder that those coming with arms at the boarder will not be allowed to enter refugee camps with the arms and taken. So, there is a clear position for anybody coming out from the warring areas into South Sudan to be disarmed” Barnaba said.
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