List of wars involving South Sudan

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This is a list of wars involving the Republic of South Sudan.

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results President of
South Sudan
First Sudanese Civil War
(1955–1972)		 SDF mutineers, bandits, and unaffiliated separatist militias
ALF (1965–1970)
Anyanya (from 1963)[1]
Israel (from 1969)[2][3][4]
Supported by:
Ethiopia[5][6]
Uganda (from about 1970)[5][3]
Democratic Republic of the Congo Congo-Léopoldville[7]
Kenya[5]
France[8]		 United KingdomEgypt Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
(1955–1956)
Sudan Republic of the Sudan
(1956–1969)
SudanSudan Democratic Republic of the Sudan
(1969–1972)
Combat support:
Uganda
(Joint operations on Ugandan territory, 1965–1969)[9]
Libya Libyan Arab Republic
(From 1969 and combat involvement at least in 1970)[10]
Non-combat support:
United Arab Republic[10][11]
Soviet Union[12][11]
United Kingdom[11][13]
China[11][13]
Yugoslavia[11][13]
East Germany[11][13]
Czechoslovakia[13]
Saudi Arabia[13]
Libya Kingdom of Libya (until 1969)[13]
Algeria[13]
United States[14]
West Germany[14]		 Stalemate[15]
None
Second Sudanese Civil War
(1983–2005)		 SPLA

SSLM
NDA
Sudanese Alliance Forces[18]
Anyanya II
Eastern Coalition
Derg (until 1987)[19]
PDR Ethiopia (1987–1991)[19]
Ethiopia FDR Ethiopia (1995–1998)[20]
Eritrea (1996–1998, 2002–2005)[21]
Uganda (from 1993)[22][23]
Non-combat aid:
Libya (1983–1985)[24][25]
Israel[26]
Cuba (until 1991)[27]

 Sudan Sudan

SSDF
SPLA dissidents

Nuer White Army
Uganda Ugandan insurgents:

Zaire (1994–1997)[31][32]
al-Qaeda (1991–1996)[33][20][irrelevant citation]
Iraq[a]
China[b]

Combat aid:
Libya (1986–1991)[37][38]
DR Congo (1998–2003)
Non-combat aid:
Iran[39]
Belarus (from 1996)[40][41]		 Stalemate[42]
Disarmament of the Lou Nuer
(2005–2006)		 South Sudan Southern Sudan Lou Nuer White Army
SSDF forces of Thomas Maboir
SSDF forces of Simon Gatwitch
Supported by:
SudanSudan		 SPLA victory
  • Nuer White Army disarmed
George Athor's rebellion
(2010–2011)		 South Sudan (Southern Sudan Autonomous Region until July 2011) South Sudan Democratic Movement (SSDM)
Gabriel Tanginye's militia
Supported by:
Sudan
Eritrea (alleged)
EUPF (alleged)		 South Sudanese government victory
  • Death of George Athor
  • Many rebel areas retaken by government forces
  • Athor's forces largely surrender in February 2012
Heglig Crisis
(2012)		 South Sudan
JEM[43]
SPLM-N[43]		 Sudan Sudanese victory
  • South Sudanese withdrawal from Heglig[44]
  • Agreement on borders and natural resources signed on 26 September[45]
South Sudanese Civil War
(2013–2020)		 South Sudan South Sudan

Allied militias:
SSLM[47]
SRF

EUPF[54] (alleged)
State allies:
Uganda[55]
Egypt[56] (alleged)

 United Nations UNMISS[57]

South Sudan SPLM-IO[59]
Nuer White Army[60]

TFNF[67]
SSFDP[68]
South Sudan National Army[69][70]
NAS
Arrow Boys (since Nov. 2015)
South Sudan Wau State insurgents[71]
South Sudan SSOA (until September 2018)
South Sudan SSOMA/NSSSOG (until Jan. 2020)
Supported by:
Sudan (South Sudanese gov. claim)[72]

 Stalemate

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