National Salvation Front (South Sudan)
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (March 2018) |
| National Salvation Front | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Leaders | Gen. Thomas Cirillo |
| Dates of operation | March 2017 |
| Split from | - |
| Active regions | Equatoria |
| Allies | - |
| Opponents |  Government of South Sudan Sudan People's Liberation Movement-in-Opposition |
The National Salvation Front (NAS), is a South Sudanese militant group fighting against the government around South Sudan in Central and Western Equatoria State.[1][2]
On November 25th 2017, Major Gen. Lawrence Amitayo Legge, the Operations Commander for the SPLM-IO Western Mundri Command announced his resignation of the SPLM-IO army with his officers to join NAS under the leader of Gen. Thomas Cirillo.[citation needed]
NAS was not a party to the Revitalized Agreement in South Sudan and thus continues to engage in fighting despite the ceasefire mostly holding in the rest of the country.[2][3] There was, however, a minor faction of NAS that split from Cirillo's forces and signed the Agreement.[4]
On 2 February 2019 NAS soldiers claimed to have repulsed SSPDF from Senema village near border with Democratic Republic of Congo.[5]
References
- ^ "National Salvation Front (NAS/NSF) - South Sudan | Terrorist Groups | TRAC". www.trackingterrorism.org. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
- ^ a b Guterres, António (11 December 2019). "Situation in South Sudan Report of the Secretary-General" (PDF). United Nations.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "UPDATE 2-IOM suspends some Ebola screening after 3 aid workers killed in South Sudan". Reuters. 2019-10-30. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
- ^ "South Sudan opposition groups suspends outcome of Gen. Peter Gatdet's election as SSOA Chairman". Nyamilepedia. 4 December 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- ^ "South Sudan rebels say fully controlling positions despite attacks". 2 February 2019.
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