Armed Forces of South Sudan

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The armed forces of South Sudan , English Sudan People's Liberation Army or English SPLA , were formed when South Sudan gained independence in 2011 mainly from the units of the Sudanese People's Liberation Army stationed in the south . Even before independence, they had been armed with heavy weapons.

history

After decades of civil war in South Sudan from 1955 to 1972 and again from 1983 to 2005, the autonomous region of South Sudan was formed in 2005. On July 9, 2011, South Sudan gained independence. The declaration of independence was recognized by Sudan on July 8th.

On February 4, 2012, the Sudanese President al-Bashir said that a war between the two states was possible. On February 11, the two states signed a non-aggression pact in Addis Ababa . However, new attacks are reported again and again. The United Nations and the US called for an end to the violence. On April 12, 2012, the Sudanese government announced that it would break off all negotiations with “the enemy” and decided on general mobilization. Since then there have been minor arguments again and again. With the exception of the status of the controversial Abyei, the conflicts have been resolved in recent years .

The unity of the armed forces is however u. a. endangered by the ethnic conflict between Dinka and Nuer . An armed conflict over the political leadership of the country has been taking place in South Sudan since mid-December 2013, the starting point of the unrest being the impending disarmament of members of the Nuer clan in the presidential guard around former Vice President Riek Machar , who was dismissed by President Salva Kiir Mayardit in July would have. In the course of the unrest in South Sudan, negotiations began again with Sudan, in which al-Bashir proposed the formation of joint army units.

equipment

army

Flag of the South Sudanese Army

In 2012, it is estimated that South Sudan had 140,000 soldiers, 110 T-72 main battle tanks and a few T-54 / T-55. The army also has 69 artillery pieces (including 24 122-mm self-propelled guns 2S1 ), 15 BM-21 rocket launchers and more than 30 82-mm mortars .

air force

The South Sudan Air Force has only one Beechcraft 1900 liaison aircraft and nine Mil Mi-17 helicopters and one Mil Mi-172 of Russian origin. Ownership of 1 to 2 Mil-Mi-24 attack helicopters is unconfirmed .

Calls

In 2010 the SPLA stationed 500 soldiers in Yambio and placed them under the Regional Task Force to fight the Lord's Resistance Army .

See also

Web links

Commons : Armed Forces of South Sudan  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ AFRICA / 1922: Delivery of tanks to the hungry region of South Sudan (SB)
  2. ↑ Sudan recognizes independence of the south , Die Zeit . July 9, 2011. 
  3. ↑ http://de.euronews.net/2012/02/04/sudan-ssehen-moleichen-krieg-mit-suedsudan/
  4. ↑ http://www.rp-online.de/politik/ausland/sudan-unterzeich-nicht-angriffspakt-1.2708656
  5. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from February 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ hala: The Cabinet decides retaliation to aggression by Government of Southern Sudan and Confirms confidence in the armed forces and other regular forces. Ministry of the Cabinet Affairs April 12, 2012, archived from the original February 7, 2013 ; accessed on April 14, 2012 (English).
  7. ↑ FAZ: Khartoum and Juba are considering joint units. In: FAZ.net . January 6, 2014, accessed October 13, 2018 .
  8. ↑ FACTBOX-How Sudan and South Sudan shape up militarily. Thomson Reuters Foundation - Thu, April 19, 2012 (Engl.)
  9. ↑ FIGHT AGAINST THE LRA. UN welcomes handover of troops to the African Union Regional Task Force. 2012, archived from the original on September 14, 2014 ; accessed on September 14, 2014 (English).