Ceasefire – 2019
2019
The ceasefire continued to hold in 2019. While the CTSAMVM (Ceasefire and Transitional Security Arrangements Monitoring and Verification Mechanism) received occasional reports of violations against the SPLA/M-IO (Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-in-Opposition) and the SSPDF (South Sudan People’s Defense Force), these were few and limited. In February, the SSPDF appeared to launch an offensive against a non-signatory, the National Salvation Front (NAS).[1] In April, the CTSAMVM reported further fighting between the SSPDF and the NAS.[2] In August, the CTSAMVM reported clashes between non-signatories in Aweil East, Raja and Yei River State.[3]
[1] “Ceasefire Transitional Security Arrangements Monitoring and Verification Mechanism (CTSAMVM) eighth meeting,” Ceasefire and Transitional Security Arrangements Monitoring and Verification Mechanism, February 5, 2019.
[2] “Ceasefire Transitional Security Arrangements Monitoring and Verification Mechanism (CTSAMVM) tenth meeting,” Ceasefire and Transitional Security Arrangements Monitoring and Verification Mechanism, April 26, 2019.
[3]29 “Ceasefire Transitional Security Arrangements Monitoring and Verification Mechanism (CTSAMVM) fourteenth meeting,” Ceasefire and Transitional Security Arrangements Monitoring and Verification Mechanism, September 5, 2019.