| Name assigned by coder: |
no
|
| PGM ID Number: |
265
|
| Country: |
Sudan |
| Date formed: |
July 12, 1993 |
| Details of Formation: |
- in 1993, the SPLM/A-Nasir (led by Riek Machar, Lam Akol and Gordon Kong Chuol) merges their forces with other SPLM/A-dissidents and form the SPLM/A-United |
| Date dissolved: |
Nov. 1, 1994 |
| Details of Termination: |
- in November 1994, the SPLM/A-United ceases to exist
- Riek Machar forms the SSIM/A
- Kerubino Kwanyin Bol forms the SPLM/A Bahr el Ghazal
- Lam Akol takes the name "SPLM/A-United" for his ethnic Shilluk faction (this faction, however, does not qualify as a PGM) |
| Successor group(s): |
none
|
| Private Military Company? |
no |
| Government Relation: |
type1 |
| Government Link(s): |
state/military institution
|
| Training and Equipment |
yes |
| Shared Information and Joint Operations |
no information |
| Shared personnel |
no |
| Types of Material Support: |
domestic government
|
| State Sponsor(s): |
none
|
| Other Connection(s): |
|
| Membership: |
ethnic; former rebels
|
| Location: |
Southern Sudan (Jonglei, Eastern Equatoria, Upper Nile, Unity, Bahr el Ghazal) |
| Force Strength: |
[unknown,
unknown] |
| Target(s): |
rebels, insurgents, or other armed group; ethnic group; regular military force
|
| Purpose(s): |
intimidation of ethnic/religious groups; fight insurgents
|
| Other Information: |
- led by Riek Machar from 1993-1994; other important persons include Lam Akol, William Nyuon Bany and Kerubino Kwanyin Bol
- |
