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South Sudan People Liberation Army / Movement (SSPLA/SSPLM) South Sudan People Liberation Army / Movement (SSPLA/SSPLM)
- Former SSPLA rebels, May 28, 2012 (ST)
Name: South Sudan People Liberation Army / Movement (SSPLA/SSPLM)
Leader: Tong Lual Ayat
Established:
Background:
- Tong Lual Ayat, chairman of the South Sudan People’s Liberation Movement speaks to ST, Juba, May 27, 2012 (ST)
Tong Lual Ayat was a member of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA), the South Sudanese former rebel movement from 1986 - 2009. The SPLA is now the official military of independent South Sudan and the political wing - the SPLM - the ruling party of South Sudan.
In 2009 Ayat formed the United Democratic Party, for which he claims he was illegally detained by the SPLM.
- Former members of the SSPLA rebel groups await integration in the national army, May 28, 2012 (ST)
Ayat announced he had formed a rebel group - called the South Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SSPLA) - in December after the UDP was not included in South Sudan’s post-independence parliament.
In May 2012 Tong Lual Ayat announced that his South Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army (SSPLM/A), were on the verge of integrating into the South Sudanese army (SPLA).
- Thursday 9 May 2013
May 8, 2013 (JUBA) - South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit has sent a delegation to Nairobi to meet and hold preliminary discussions with rebel leaders who accepted his amnesty in April and laid down their weapons.
The government (...)
- Monday 29 April 2013
April 28, 2013 (JUBA) - The spokesperson for the South Sudan Democratic Movement/Army (SSDM/A) has denied the group was among thousands of rebel fighters that surrendered to the government after accepting an amnesty offer by president (...)
- Saturday 31 December 2011
December 30, 2011 (JUBA) – A new rebel group by the name of South Sudan People Liberation Movement and South Sudan People Liberation Army (SSPLM/SSPLA) announced its formation this week to fight what they describe as “marginalization”. (...)
- Thursday 29 March 2012
By Toby Collins
March 28, 2012 (LONDON) – South Sudanese rebels, the South Sudan Liberation Army/Movement (SSLA/M) claim to have captured a base belonging to the South Sudan army, the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) in Lalop, (...)
- Friday 30 December 2011
December 29, 2011 (LONDON) – A new South Sudanese rebel movement, the South Sudan People Liberation Army / Movement (SSPLA/M) issued its manifesto on Wednesday, calling for South Sudan to be governed from Khartoum, as it was before (...)
- Tuesday 3 January 2012
January 3, 2012 (LONDON) - South Sudan’s newest rebel movement has told Sudan Tribune that it plans attack the capital Juba within the month and denies it is backed by Khartoum. The distance between Renk, where the new rebels say they (...)
- Monday 27 February 2012
By Toby Collins
February 26, 2012 (LONDON) – A South Sudanese rebel group is calling for the capture of the leader of one of their former coalition members, accusing him of operating as an agent of Juba. Tong Ayat (Tong Ayat)
The (...)
- Tuesday 8 May 2012
May 7,2012 (JUBA) - South Sudan announced on Monday that a group of rebels have abandoned their armed struggle and returned to the country’s capital Juba, apparently in a response to a presidential amnesty to all rebel groups. South (...)
- Tuesday 29 May 2012
May 27, 2012 (JUBA) - The leader of the former rebel group, the South Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army (SSPLM/A), Tong Lual Ayat, said on Sunday that arrangements to integrate over 4,000 of his troops will be completed within (...)
- Saturday 31 March 2012
March 30, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) on Friday clashed with rebels from the Sudan People Liberation Movement North (SPLM-N) as the latter made a fresh attempt to control a key town in South Kordofan State. In this (...)
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