source: Radio Tamazuj; Sudan Tribune
actor1: SPLM-In Opposition: Sudan People's Liberation Movement-In Opposition
actor2: EFM/A: Eastern Front Movement/Army
location: Torit
notes: Change to armed group: SPLA-IO's member Albert Abdullah, former member of Sudan's ruling NCP and presidential advisor before the signing of the CPA in 2005, announced his defection from the SPLA-IO to form a new rebel movement in Eastern Equatoria called the Eastern Front Army, which seeks to establish federalism in South Sudan. Abdullah criticised the overwhelming role of the president in South Sudan's current centralised system of governance, and SPLA-IO Machar's lack of an agenda for Eastern Equatoria and failure to provide his group with arms. He claimed their priority was dialogue before starting military operations.