Abyei Liberation Front

The Abyei Liberation Front was a guerrilla organization in Sudan, active in the Abyei region in the early 1980s and 2000s. It was first formed as an self protection force for the Ngok Dinka tribe in response to attacks on their community by Misseriya Arab but later incorporated to the Sudanese Peoples Liberation Army (SPLA). The group later emerged in 2008 as an Misseriya Arab militia led by Muhammad Omar al Ansari but was disbanded in 2010.

History

Abyei Liberation Front 1980s – 1984

The ALF was one of the armed groups active during this period that were linked to the Anyanya II movement of Southern army mutineers.[1] The commanders of ALF were Deng Alor Kuol and Chol Deng Alaak.[2][3] Around 1984 the ALF was contacted by SPLA detachments from Ethiopia and incorporated into the SPLA.[4][5]

Abyei Liberation Front 2008-2010

ALF reemerged as Misseriya militia funded by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) in February 2008, after the election of Edward Lino for the SPLM Chairman of Abyei.[6] ALF was led by National Congress Party member Mohammed Omar al Ansari who accused Lino of mobilizing SPLA forces to mistreat Arabs in Abyei.[7] According to Al-Ansari ALF consisted of 1500-3000 armed Misseriya fighters around the Abyei region. [8] ALF went defunct in 2010 and fighters joined Justice and Equality Movement or the SAF.[9]

References

  1. ^ Ryle, John. The Sudan Handbook. Suffolk: James Currey Ltd, 2011. pp. 215
  2. ^ Guarak, Mawut Achiecque Mach. Integration and Fragmentation of the Sudan: An African Renaissance. [S.l.]: Authorhouse, 2011. p. 254
  3. ^ Gebrewold-Tochalo, Belachew. Anatomy of Violence: Understanding the Systems of Conflict and Violence in Africa. Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate, 2009. p. 173
  4. ^ Daly, M. W., and Ahmad Alawad Sikainga. Civil War in the Sudan. London: British Academic Press, 1993. p. 127
  5. ^ Clapham, Christopher. African Guerrillas. Oxford [u.a.]: Currey [u.a.], 1998. p. 58
  6. ^ "Selected Armed Entities Around Abyei" (PDF). Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  7. ^ "Media Monitoring Report United Nations Mission in Sudan/ Public Information Office". p. 3. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  8. ^ "Sudan SPLM vows swift response to military attacks in Abyei". Sudan Tribune. 19 February 2008. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  9. ^ "Militarization in Abyei". THE WASTE BOOKS. 6 June 2011. Retrieved 21 February 2026.


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