Senior SPLM-IO member dies in Khartoum

A senior member of the SPLM-IO faction allied to former first vice president and rebel leader Riek Machar died in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum on Sunday.

A senior member of the SPLM-IO faction allied to former first vice president and rebel leader Riek Machar died in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum on Sunday.

“The SPLA-IO regrets to announce the sudden death of Dr. Gai Thurbil which occurred in Khartoum on Sunday March 5,” announced Machar’s spokesman Lam Kuei Lam in a Facebook post.

Dr.Thorbil, who joined Machar’s rebel group in Khartoum city, was a lecturer at the University of Juba.

Photo: late Gai Thurbil/Facebook