| Name assigned by coder: |
no
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| PGM ID Number: |
266
|
| Country: |
Sudan |
| Date formed: |
Jan. 1, 1998 |
| Details of Formation: |
- Major-General Paulino Matib of the Sudanese army founds the SSUM/A in 1998
- it incorporates elements from the Anyanya II, ethnic Nuer from the SSDF
|
| Date dissolved: |
Jan. 9, 2006 |
| Details of Termination: |
- in 2001, Matib is also leader of the SSDF
- the SSUM/A agreed to join the SPLM/A under the Juba Declaration (9 Jan 2006) |
| Successor group(s): |
none
|
| Private Military Company? |
no |
| Government Relation: |
type1 |
| Government Link(s): |
person/minister; state/military institution
|
| Training and Equipment |
yes |
| Shared Information and Joint Operations |
yes |
| Shared personnel |
yes |
| Types of Material Support: |
domestic government; plunder and loot
|
| State Sponsor(s): |
none
|
| Other Connection(s): |
|
| Membership: |
ethnic; adolescents; former rebels
|
| Location: |
Khartoum, Unity, Upper Nile |
| Force Strength: |
[unknown,
unknown] |
| Target(s): |
civilians; rebels, insurgents, or other armed group; other pro-government militias
|
| Purpose(s): |
protect property and investment; intimidation of civilians; fight insurgents
|
| Other Information: |
- Matib was a commander in the Anyanya II and is now a Major-General in the national army and the government supports his militia
- force strength more than 1,000; there is evidence for a defection of a commander and 1,000 fighters in 1998
- from 1998 to 1999, Peter Gadet and his forces were a part of SSUM/A
- in early 1999, Kerubino Kwanyin Bol and his forces joined the SSUM/A |
