The South Sudan Federal Democratic Party (SSFDP), is a

South Sudan South Sudan (; din, Paguot Thudän), officially the Republic of South Sudan ( din, Paankɔc Cuëny Thudän), is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia, Sudan, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the C ...

ese militant group fighting against the government around

Torit Torit is a city of Eastern Equatoria State in South Sudan. History On 18 August 1955, the Equatoria Corps mutinied at Torit, starting the First Sudanese Civil War. In 1964 the military government in Khartoum closed "all the Christian mission ...

in Eastern Equatoria State. This rebel group is different from but related to the larger similarly named "Federal Democratic Party/South Sudan Armed Forces" led by Peter Gadet, Gabriel Chang and Gathoth Gatkuoth. The SSFDP surfaced at the beginning of December 2015, when a group of defectors from the SPLA seized control of a rural police post in Idolu near Torit. Soon thereafter they took the town of Longiro. A battle in Oguruny left that town badly damaged. The SSFDP is led by Anthony Ongwaja, who claims to have defected from the SPLA with the rank of Major General with the aim of establishing federal democracy in South Sudan. Members are reportedly predominantly Lotuko people.

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