Battle of Juba

Overview

The Battle of Juba of 2016 was a series of clashes in South Sudan capital of Juba between rival factions of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) loyal to President Salva Kiir and Vice-President Riek Machar respectively.

Overview adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Significance

The Battle of Juba marked a critical rupture in the fragile power-sharing arrangement between President Salva Kiir and Vice-President Riek Machar that had been established to manage the South Sudanese Civil War. The clashes, fought between rival factions of the Sudan People's Liberation Army within the capital itself, demonstrated that the SPLA had effectively split along factional lines and that Juba could not serve as neutral ground for a joint transitional government. The fighting directly undermined the peace process and resulted in Machar's departure from the capital, prolonging the broader civil conflict and deepening the humanitarian crisis across South Sudan.

Forces & casualties

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