Back الحركة الشعبية لتحرير السودان في المعارضة Arabic Movimiento de Liberación del Pueblo de Sudán en la Oposición Spanish Mouvement populaire de libération du Soudan en opposition French Gerakan Pembebasan Rakyat Sudan Perjuangan ID Movimento Popular de Libertação do Sudão na Oposição Portuguese 苏丹人民解放运动反对派 Chinese
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Sudan People's Liberation Movement-in-Opposition | |
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| Abbreviation | SPLM-IO |
| Leader | Riek Machar |
| Chief of General Staffs | Simon Gatwech Dual |
| Secretary-general | Tingo Peter Regbigo[1] |
| Founded | 15 December 2013 |
| Split from | Sudan People's Liberation Movement |
| Headquarters | Pagak (until 2017) Juba (2019–)[2] |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre-left[3][better source needed] |
| Colours | Green[4] |
| National Legislative Assembly | 128 / 550
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| Council of States | 27 / 100
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| Website | |
| https://twitter.com/SPLMIO_Viva | |
The Sudan People's Liberation Movement-in-Opposition (abbreviated SPLM-IO), also known as the anti-governmental forces (AGF), is a mainly South Sudanese political party and rebel group that split from the Sudan People's Liberation Movement in 2013, due to political tensions between President Salva Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar over leadership of the SPLM. Tensions grew between forces loyal to Kiir and Machar and South Sudan plunged into the South Sudanese Civil War.[5]
The party and militia are led by Riek Machar.[6][7] Machar also appointed General Simon Gatwech Dual as Army Chief of General Staff, deputized by the Deputy Chief of General Staffs for operations, training, political and moral orientation, logistics, administration and finance.[8] But in June 2021, Machar removed General Gatwech Dual from the position and appointed him into the Presidency as an adviser. [9] Gatwech however, rejected the new role and fired Machar as leader of the SPLM/A-IO and declared himself interim leader which led to fighting between Machar allies and those loyal to Gen. Gatwech formerly known as the Kit-Gwang faction throughout 2021.[10]
- ^ Young (2017), p. 38.
- ^ "SPLM-IO to relocate headquarters to Juba". September 12, 2019.
- ^ a b c https://africaelects.com/south-sudan/ South Sudan - Africa Elects
- ^ "Machar's SPLM-IO picks green as group's political colour". sudanspost.com. 3 September 2020.
- ^ Niels Kastfelt, Religion and African Civil Wars, page 28.
- ^ "S. Sudanese army abandons positions in Jonglei: rebel spokesperson - Sudan Tribune: Plural news and views on Sudan". Sudan Tribune. Archived from the original on 2019-02-14. Retrieved 2016-07-24.
- ^ "South Sudan opposition head Riek Machar denies coup bid". BBC News. 18 December 2013. Retrieved 2016-07-24.
- ^ Cusack, Robert. "South Sudan rebels capture oil workers following $500mn contract". alaraby. Retrieved 2017-05-29.
- ^ "Gatwech no longer SPLA-IO Chief of Staff -Machar". Eye Radio. 2021-06-28. Retrieved 2022-07-20.
- ^ says, Hon Thor Jok (2021-08-03). "General Gatwech removes Machar, declares himself interim SPLM-IO chairman". Sudans Post. Retrieved 2022-07-20.