source: VOA; Radio Tamazuj; Juba Monitor; New York Times; Eye Radio (South Sudan); UN Panel of Experts
actor1: Rek Clan Militia (South Sudan)
actor2: Military Forces of South Sudan (2011-)
location: Romich
notes: On 9 August 2020, armed youth (described as 'Gelweng' (cattle guards), and presumed to be Rek Dinka) attacked SSPDF at Romich in Tonj East county (Warrap state), following an earlier incident in which one or two of their kinsmen were killed by soldiers. At least 148 were killed in two days of fighting, including 63 soldiers, and 94 wounded (fatalities evenly distributed across two events). SSPDF used tanks and heavy artillery. Hundreds have been displaced, and the market was looted and torched. A Sudanese trader was among the dead, and two colleagues of the trader were also wounded. The clashes are likely related to a power struggle between Internal Director of the National Security Service and the President (backed by Military Intelligence).