Sudan People's Defense Forces/Democratic Front

Sudan People's Defence Forces
Participant in Second Sudanese Civil War
Active 2000 - 2002
Leaders Riek Machar
Area of operations Upper Nile
Originated as Deserters from the SSDF
Became SPLM/A

The Sudan People's Defense Forces/Democratic Front (SPDF) was an anti-government militia active in Upper Nile from 2000 to 2002.[1]

Riek Machar formed the SPDF mostly from deserters of the pro-Khartoum South Sudan Defense Forces (SSDF)[2] and later merged it with the SPLM/A.[1]

Notes

    Citations

    1. 1 2 Rone 2003, p. 12.
    2. ↑ Rone 2003, p. 4.

    References

    • Rone, Jemera (2003). Sudan, Oil, and Human Rights. Human Rights Watch. ISBN 9781564322913. 
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