source: Radio Miraya; Radio Tamazuj
actor1: SPLM-In Opposition: Sudan People's Liberation Movement-In Opposition
actor2: SPLM-In Opposition-Kitgweng: Sudan People's Liberation Movement-In Opposition (Kitgweng faction)
location: Manrath
notes: Around 19 December 2021, SPLM-IO loyalists clashed with IO forces from the Kitgweng faction in the Kier area (one source says Pier) of Luakpiny/Nasir county (Upper Nile state) [event coded to Manrath in Kier boma], with one Kitgweng soldier killed in the clash, with two others wounded. IO loyalists have stated that their forces bumped into the Kitgweng fighters whilst on a patrol, whilst the Kitgweng said they were attacked, but repulsed the regular IO forces.