Pro-Government Militias

Youth Militia (South Sudan)

Basic Group Information

Name assigned by coder:	no
PGM ID Number:	584
Country:	South Sudan
Date formed:	April 17, 2014
Accuracy of date formed:	year
Details of Formation:	The date refers to the attack on the UN base in Bor.
Date dissolved:	Unknown
Accuracy of date dissolved:	day
Details of Termination:
Termination Type(s):	not terminated

Former and Successor Group Information

Predecessor group(s):	none
Successor group(s):	none
Private Military Company?	no
Former Group?	no
Former Armed Group?	no
Former Rebel Group?	no
Former Rebel Group UCDP ID:	none
PGM Becomes Rebel Group?	no
Successor Rebel Group UCDP ID:	none

Government Relation, Support, and Training

Government Relation:	informal (type 1)
Created by the Government?:	no information
Main Creating Government Institution:	none
Government Link(s):	no information
If link to party, name of party:	None
Training and Equipment:	no information
Shared Information and Joint Operations:	yes
Shared Personnel:	no
Type(s) of Material Support:	no information
State Sponsor(s):	none
Other Connection(s):

Group Characteristics

Membership:	ethnic; adolescents
Primary Membership:	ethnic
Alternative Primary Membership:	no information
Location:	Bor
Force Strength:	[unknown, unknown]
Target(s):	civilians; unarmed political opposition, government critics; rebels, insurgents, or other armed group; ethnic group; aid workers; journalists
Purpose(s):	intimidation of ethnic/religious groups; fight insurgents

Ethnic Characteristics

Ethnic Target(s):	Nuer (South Sudan)
Quality of Information for Ethnic Targeting:	given
Ethnic Membership:	Dinka (South Sudan)
Quality of Information for Ethnic Membership:	inferred
Ethnic Purpose:	Nuer (South Sudan)
Quality of Information for Ethnic Purpose:	given

Other Information

Other Information:

The group attacked a United Nations base in the South Sudan town of Bor. The group assumed that UN bases are sheltering members of the White Army, a rebel-aligned Nuer militia accused of committing atrocities against Dinka civilians.

New Variables from Meta-Analysis

Purpose

Purpose:	The PGM carried out attacks against groups and individuals loyal to Riek Machar. After the failed coup of Riek Machar in 2013, the army split into a Dinka and a Nuer faction. Then, the government supported the militia in its operations against pro-Machar groups.
Relative Benefit(s) of PGM Use	unknown

Treatment of Civilians

Treatment of Civilians:	The militia attacked a UN base where the militiamen suspected rebel fighters dressed as civilians. The militia’s excessive violence, alongside the military led to an escalation of the South Sudanese conflict.
Type(s) of Violence against Civilians:	kidnapping/abductions; killing

Reasons for Membership

PGM Members Coerced?	no information
PGM Members Paid?	no information
Reasons for Membership:	Militiamen were of Dinka ethnicity and were loyal to president Salva Kiir, a fellow Dinka.
PGM Members Killed?	no information

PGM Size

Size:

No information.

Weapons and Training

Weapons and Training: