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What is the current name of SPLA/M?

  • South Sudan People's Defense Forces

  • Sudanese Liberation Army

  • South Sudan National Army

  • People's Defense Movement

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South Sudan People's Defense Forces (SSPDF) is the current name of the SPLA/M, which stands for Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement. The SPLA/M was the armed wing of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement, a rebel group that fought against the Sudanese government during the Second Sudanese Civil War. After the war ended in 2005, the SPLA/M was integrated into the Sudanese Armed Forces.
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