Sudan People’s Liberation Army

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The Sudan People’s Liberation Army is a South Sudanese rebel movement-turned-national army that led the armed struggle against the Sudanese government and later became the core of South Sudan’s military forces.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed group
national army
rebel movement
abbreviation SPLA
accusedOf human rights abuses
recruitment of child soldiers
agreementDate Comprehensive Peace Agreement
surface form: 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement
associatedWith Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-in-Opposition
surface form: Sudan People’s Liberation Army – In Opposition
became core of South Sudan’s national army
branchOfService land forces
conflict First Sudanese Civil War aftermath
Second Sudanese Civil War
Sudanese internal conflicts
country South Sudan
countryOfOrigin Sudan
demobilizationProcess post‑2005 integration and restructuring
ethnicBase various Southern Sudanese ethnic groups
foundedBy John Garang
surface form: John Garang de Mabior
foundingYear 1983
goal greater autonomy for Southern Sudan
independence of South Sudan
headquartersLocation Southern Sudan (various locations during war)
ideology Southern Sudanese nationalism
self‑determination for South Sudan
influencedBy regional liberation movements in Africa
notableCommander Paul Malong Awan
notableEvent armed struggle against the Sudanese government
notableLeader James Wani Igga
John Garang
surface form: John Garang de Mabior

Riek Machar
Salva Kiir Mayardit
operationalPeriod 1983–2011 as a rebel movement
opposedTo Government of Sudan
Sudanese Armed Forces
partOf Sudan People’s Liberation Movement
primaryOpposingPartyInAgreement Government of Sudan
surface form: Government of Sudan in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement
recognizedAs legitimate armed movement in peace negotiations
region South Sudan
Southern Sudan region
surface form: Southern Sudan
role military wing of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement
signed Comprehensive Peace Agreement
statusAfter2011 core component of South Sudan’s armed forces
successor Sudan People’s Liberation Army self-linksurface differs
surface form: South Sudan People’s Defence Forces
transformedInto South Sudanese national army structures
usedLanguage Arabic
English
local South Sudanese languages

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Second Sudanese Civil War belligerent Sudan People’s Liberation Army
Second Sudanese Civil War belligerent Sudan People’s Liberation Army
this entity surface form: Sudan People’s Liberation Movement
Second Sudanese Civil War involvedOrganization Sudan People’s Liberation Army
Second Sudanese Civil War involvedOrganization Sudan People’s Liberation Army
this entity surface form: Sudan People’s Liberation Movement
Second Sudanese Civil War peaceProcessParticipant Sudan People’s Liberation Army
this entity surface form: Sudan People’s Liberation Movement
Government of South Sudan hasAgency Sudan People’s Liberation Army
this entity surface form: South Sudan People’s Defence Forces
South Sudanese Civil War belligerent Sudan People’s Liberation Army
Anyanya successor Sudan People’s Liberation Army
Anyanya Rebellion successor Sudan People’s Liberation Army
Sudan People’s Liberation Army successor Sudan People’s Liberation Army self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: South Sudan People’s Defence Forces
Comprehensive Peace Agreement party Sudan People’s Liberation Army
War in Sudan involvesParty Sudan People’s Liberation Army