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2016–2019 Wau clashes
Armed conflict in Wau, South Sudan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Armed clashes took in Wau State from late June 2016 to January 2019 between the Dinka-dominated Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) and local opposition forces, consisting of tribal Fertit militias as well as fighters claiming allegiance to Riek Machar. It is unclear to what extent these rebels were actually part of the SPLM-IO or acting independently while using the SPLM-IO's name.[37] The clashes resulted in the arrest of the state's governor, Elias Waya Nyipuoc, widespread death and destruction in the state capital, Wau town,[3][4][7] and the displacement of up to 150,000 people.[36]
2016–2019 Wau clashes | |||||||
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Part of the South Sudanese Civil War, and the ethnic violence in South Sudan | |||||||
![]() UN protection of civilians (PoC) site in the town of Wau for refugees who were displaced during the fighting. By December 2016 around 29,000 civilians had found shelter there;[1] by July 2017 this number had swelled to 39,000.[2] | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Local opposition[4][lower-alpha 1] Luo tribal militias (since Feb. 2017)[lower-alpha 2] Aguok and Apuk tribal militias (since Aug. 2017)[lower-alpha 3] |
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
![]() (SPLM-IO commander of Western Bahr el Ghazal) ![]() (SPLM-IO commander) ![]() ![]() (SPLM-IO shadow governor of Wau by June 2016) ![]() (SPLM-IO shadow governor of Wau by early 2017) ![]() (SPLM-IO spokesman in Wau) ![]() (NAS commander of Western Bahr el Ghazal) |
![]() (SPLA Chief of General Staff 2016–17) ![]() (SPLA Chief of General Staff from 2017) ![]() (Wau governor until 2016) ![]() (Wau governor 2016–17) ![]() (Wau governor from 2017) ![]() (5th Division, 2016) ![]() (5th Division, c. 2017/18) ![]() (5th Division, c. 2017/18) ![]() (5th Division, 2018–19) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
South Sudan Police Service[30] Dinka tribal militias[5] | |||||||
Strength | |||||||
Several thousand fighters[31][32][33] |
Several thousand fighters
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Casualties and losses | |||||||
7,000 defected (gov. claim)[33][35] | Unknown | ||||||
500+ killed[31][4] (as of late June 2016) 70,000[7]–150,000[36][15] displaced |