Civil war Mongalla, South Sudan

salva kiir, president of south sudan

sudan became independent in 1956, after outbreak of first sudanese civil war (1955–1972). after addis ababa agreement (1972) jieng bor , murle people lived in relative peace, sharing grazing areas, gok bor. in mid 1981 harmony broke down when murle bandits attacked jieng bor cattle camps in several locations around mongalla. police called in commissioner of mongalla, , turned against bor dinka. splm/a exploited hostility bor dinka equatorian tribes gain recruits dinka. peace broke down , civil war resumed in 1983.

early in 1985 southern axis of spla under major arok thon arok challenged government forces in southern upper nile, eastern equatoria , central equatoria. southern axis captured owiny-ki-bul , mongalla without difficulty, crossed nile, captured terekeka , besieged juba. later in 1985 forces of sudan people s liberation army (spla) received setback @ village of gut-makur near mongalla when confronted well-armed mandari people. although willing fight sudan army, mandari not willing under dinka leadership.

in march 1989 alternate commander jok reng of spla mainstream recaptured mongalla relatively small force. in last half of 1989 spla consolidated in towns mongalla surrounded juba. in late 1991, mongalla scene of clashes between 2 arms of spla. riek machar of splm/a nasir pushing south towards torit, while splm/a mainstream commander equatoria kuol manyang juuk wanted push riek s forces nuerland. due disunity among southerners, between 1991 , 1994 nir able recapture many places in south sudan including mongalla , ayod, leer, akobo, pochalla, pibor, waat, nasir, kit, palotaka, yirol, bor, torit, kapoeta, parjok , magwi.

government forces coming bor took mongalla in june 1992 , turned east toward torit.