South Sudan People's Defence Forces
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title:
South Sudan People's Defence Forces
text:
The South Sudan People's Defence Forces (SSPDF), formerly the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA), is the military force of the Republic of South Sudan. The SPLA was founded as a guerrilla movement against the government of Sudan in 1983 and was a key participant of the Second Sudanese Civil War, led by John Garang. After Garang's death in 2005, Salva Kiir was named the SPLA's new Commander-in-Chief. As of 2010, the SPLA was divided into divisions of 10,000–14,000 soldiers. Following the Compr
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Combined military forces of South Sudan
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Sudan_People%27s_Defence_Forces
date created:
2008-09-06T04:17:44Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T01:11:03Z
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