SUDAN PEOPLE’S LIBERATION ARMY AND MOVEMENT (SPLA/SPLM) CELEBRATE 41 YEARS ANNIVERSARY OF IT’S LIBERATION STRUGGLE’S JOURNEY IN THE HISTORY OF REVOLUTION IN SUDAN

On Thursday, May 16th, 2024 – As we reflect the historic achievement of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army and Movement (SPLA/SPLM) in the Pan African revolutionary struggles for independence against the colonial and imperial administration.

On 41st year’s anniversary celebration for remembering the establishment and founding revolutionary army of Sudan People’s Liberation Army and Movement (SPLA/SPLM) in 1983, a movement that gain popular power of socialist democratic, good governance and military participation in the liberation struggles.

The independence of South Sudan was considered to be amongst the achievement made and reasons that lead to formation of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army and Movement (SPLA/SPLM) in 1983.

In 2011, independence of the Republic of South Sudan was gain after long political struggles and turmoil that led the whole Sudan (north and south) to resistance civil war in African continent since the Sudan attained first colonial independence from colonial British administration in 1956.

Although the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) was considered to be the positive results of the movement between government of the Sudan and Sudan People’s Liberation Army and Movement (SPLA/SPLM) in 2005, with aims of popular demand and reason of fighting for separate good governance administration in the Republic of Sudan.

The civil war interest divided the north and south with numbering of impacts to addressed on economic stability in the regions, after independence of the Sudan, the Southern region was demanding for social identity, transparency, equity and justice as those challenges were documented in the first agreement, the Addis Ababa Peace Accord (AAA) signed in 1972.

In 1974, a student’s protests in the southern region made alarm to called for north to study in the implementation of the agreement which was signed between government of the Sudan and Southern Sudan People’s Movement (SSPM) under general Joseph Lagu Yangi.

The Sudanese regime interest and ignorance to implement the Addis Ababa Peace Agreement Accord (AAA) was admitted to reallocation plan to move the Melut Sugarcane projects to Kanana area due to political challenges for the future implementation of the Addis Ababa Peace Accord (AAA).

In 1975, a Sudanese policy over military integration process with engagement on security arrangements to prioritized need for implementation of the agreement was not grantees as the delayed process was against the southern interest, as Sudan government were admiring to popular wide support of the peace participation in the mobilization in southern region.

The SPLA/SPLM initiative for guerilla war was seized under this opportunity of peace collaborators and those military officers who observed that peace was going to collapsed and the country would better choice for guerilla war to liberate its communities from total marginalization and civilization.

The SPLA/SPLM was supported and gain more popular recruitment across South Sudan. In 1947, a chieftains’ conference was held in Juba to harmonize the interest of the Southern people before the British gave independence to Sudan.

The Arab were having interest on the unity of Sudan, accept to harmonize the situation claimed by Southern people against unity to divide the Sudan.

The Kokora (1947) Juba Conference objectives were simply seized by South Sudan faction to educate its community to embarked on massive mobilization to support the Sudan People’s Liberation Army and Movement (SPLA/SPLM) in 1983.

In that conference, Southern leaders demanded for separate federalism government and exchange of good governance in the South Sudan to develop its territory in absent of the north Arab Sudan administration after two countries gain their respective independence under the British administration.

In 1956, Sudan gain independence after the British who colonized left South inside Sudan for lucking simpler roles to request for independence in the early 1947. The Arab keep the South in unity while serving with different interest to decolonize the South Sudan after the independence of the Republic of Sudan in 1956.

In the midst of August 28th, 1955, a group military garrison in the Southern faction Front’s stage a mutinied strike in Torit Town to condemned and rejected the military called and transfer order made by the Sudan Army Force as the country was preparing to gain its independence in 1956.

The early journey to freedom of revolutionary struggles made SPLA/SPLM to secure a political career and objectives that enable them to lead the country to sovereign independence from 1955-2011. The SPLA/SPLM will be remember for its historical contribution, participation and achievement to the liberation struggles for the independence of the Republic of South Sudan.