source: Radio Tamazuj
actor1: SPLM-In Opposition: Sudan People's Liberation Movement-In Opposition
actor2: Jur River Communal Militia (South Sudan)
location: Majara
notes: On 12 January 2022, SPLM-IO forces (reportedly under the command of Brigadier General Philip Piel Ajak, who is linked to criminal activity in the area) attacked the house of a Chief in Majara (Jur River county, Western Bahr el Ghazal state), clashing with the chief's bodyguards (note that there is no information regarding the ethnic composition of the bodyguards, nor whether they are informal militia or part of the formal security services). One of the bodyguards was killed, and one SPLM-IO soldier was killed and another wounded.