South Sudan Liberation Movement

South Sudan Liberation Movement
LeadersPeter Gadet
Matthew Puljang
James Gai Yoach
Bapiny Montuil
Dates of operation1999–Present
Active regionsUpper Nile, Jonglei
IdeologySouthern Sudanese Separatism

The South Sudan Liberation Movement (SSLM) is an armed group that operates in the Upper Nile Region of South Sudan. The group's creation was announced in November 1999 by people of the Nuer ethnicity who were in both the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) and the government-allied South Sudan Defence Forces (SSDF) gathered in Waat. The SSLM was declared to be unaligned in the Second Sudanese Civil War, then entering its sixteenth year. The name "South Sudan Liberation Movement" was decided upon the next year, borrowing from the earlier Southern Sudan Liberation Movement, which existed in the 1980s.

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