Lt. General Peter Cerillo Swaka was a

South Sudanese South Sudan is home to around 60 indigenous ethnic groups and 80 linguistic partitions among a population of around million. Historically, most ethnic groups were lacking in formal Western political institutions, with land held by the communi ...

politician and a former commander of the

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movement and governor of Equatoria region in the 1980s. As a former prisons officer in

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, Gen. Cirillo joined the

in 1965 following a pogrom of educated Southerners in the town of

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. He served in various ranks and positions in the

, Sudanese Army, SPLA and also as the Governor of Greater Equatoria in then

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His Death

Gen. Peter Cerillo, who is an elder brother to the National Salvation Front rebel leader, Thomas Cerilo, passed away in

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in October 2019 after battling with his health for long. The late's son reported to Eye Radio that his father had been diagnosed with

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(High Blood Sugar) and

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(High blood pressure).

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