Anyanya guerrilla movement

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The Anyanya guerrilla movement was a southern Sudanese rebel group that fought for autonomy and independence from the northern-dominated government during the First Sudanese Civil War.

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Anyanya guerrilla forces 1
Anyanya guerrilla movement canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed movement
guerrilla movement
rebel group
armedConflictType civil war insurgency
armedStruggle insurgency in Southern Sudan
casusBelli failure to implement federal arrangements for Southern Sudan
political marginalization of Southern Sudan
religious and cultural discrimination against southerners
conflict First Sudanese Civil War
country Sudan
demobilization integration of fighters into Sudanese army after 1972
disbandedFollowing Addis Ababa Agreement
surface form: Addis Ababa Agreement (1972)
endTime 1972
ethnicBase Southern Sudanese peoples
goal autonomy for Southern Sudan
independence for Southern Sudan
historicalPeriod Cold War era
ideology Southern Sudanese nationalism
legacy contributed to eventual creation of South Sudan
precursor to later Southern Sudanese rebel movements
militaryBranch Anyanya Army
nameLanguage Madi language
nameMeaning snake venom
notableLeader Aggrey Jaden
Gordon Muortat Mayen
Joseph Lagu
operationalArea Bahr el Ghazal
Equatoria region
surface form: Equatoria

Greater Upper Nile
surface form: Upper Nile
opponent Sudanese Armed Forces
opposedTo Government of Sudan
Government of Sudan
surface form: northern-dominated Sudanese government
partOf Southern Sudanese independence movement
region Southern Sudan region
surface form: Southern Sudan
resultOfConflict Addis Ababa Agreement
surface form: Addis Ababa Agreement (1972)
startTime 1955
status defunct organization
successor Anyanya II
Southern Sudan Liberation Movement
supportedBy Anya-Nya diaspora networks
regional sympathizers in East Africa
usedTactics guerrilla warfare
hit-and-run attacks

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First Sudanese Civil War combatant Anyanya guerrilla movement
Anyanya Rebellion armedWing Anyanya guerrilla movement
this entity surface form: Anyanya guerrilla forces