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Demobilization -2023

After the first phase of the DDR process, which mostly involved the regrouping of SPLM-IO combatants in cantonments, the DDR process made no significant advancements. The RTGoNU has yet to validate the DDR Commission’s submitted strategy and policy documents involving DDR-related issues. The DDR Commission needs more resources to implement its program.^[1]

By the first quarter of 2023, all 55,000 combatants graduated from the Necessary Unified Forces (NUF) as well as those who were disqualified from joining the NUF. As such, the number of combatants to be demobilized included those who did not qualify to join the NUF. The DDR commission has yet to manage those disqualified combatants.^[2]

[1] RJMEC. 2024. On The Status of Implementation of the Revitalised Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan. Report No. 021/23 (January 2024)

[2] RJMEC. 2023. On The Status of Implementation of the Revitalised Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan. Report No. 019/23 (July 2023).