Ceasefire – 2020
2020
The ceasefire continued to hold in 2020. While the CTSAMVM (Ceasefire & Transitional Security Arrangements Monitoring & Verification Mechanism) received occasional reports of violations against the SPLA/M-IO and the SSPDF (South Sudan People’s Defence Forces), these were few and limited. In April, the CTSAMVM reported multiple instances of allegations of attacks involving the SSPDF and SPLM-IO forces. The CTSAMVM investigated the incidents and verified them. The CTSAMVM found both sides in violation of the agreement.[1] Intercommunal clashes and escalation of fighting involving the SSPDF/SPLA-IO and the National Salvation Front (NAS) were reported in Yei in the Equatoria in May.
[1] “Fighting in Maiwut County 7 to 11 April 2020,” CTSAMVM Report 2020/04, June 18, 2020.