Anya Nya

Sudanese guerrilla organization

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The Anya Nya was a southern Sudanese guerrilla organization that emerged in the 1960s. Believing that only violent resistance would lead to a solution acceptable to southerners, the Anya Nya rebelled against the Sudanese government. This resistance was a significant factor in the overthrow of the military regime in 1964. In 1971, the Anya Nya united with its political wing, the Southern Sudan Liberation Movement, under General Joseph Lagu, leading to the Addis Ababa Agreement in 1972, which granted autonomy to southern Sudan and ended the 17-year conflict. However, the civil war resumed in 1983, with the formation of the Sudanese People's Liberation Army (SPLA) and its political wing, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM).123

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South Sudan
The 1972 Addis Ababa Agreement
…the fighting units of the Anya Nya and its political wing, the Southern Sudan Liberation Movement (SSLM). Thereafter—throughout 1971—the SSLM, representing General Lagu, maintained a dialogue with the Sudanese government over proposals for regional autonomy and the ending of hostilities. Those talks culminated in the signing of the Addis Ababa…
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…the fighting units of the Anya Nya and its political wing, the Southern Sudan Liberation Movement (SSLM). Thereafter—throughout 1971—the SSLM, representing General Lagu, maintained a dialogue with the Sudanese government over proposals for regional autonomy and the ending of hostilities. Those talks culminated in the signing of the Addis Ababa…
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Sudan
Coups and conflict with the south
…Nile) province, led by the Anya Nya, a southern Sudanese guerrilla organization that believed that only violent resistance would make the government of ʿAbbūd seek a solution acceptable to the southerners. In return the generals in Khartoum increased repression.
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…Nile) province, led by the Anya Nya, a southern Sudanese guerrilla organization that believed that only violent resistance would make the government of ʿAbbūd seek a solution acceptable to the southerners. In return the generals in Khartoum increased repression.
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