Military Reform – 2022
2022
Intermediate Implementation 
On April 13, President Kiir demoted a number of commanders in the South Sudan Defense Forces in order to accommodate SPLM-IO and SSOA commanders. After this, some progress was reported specific to the military reform provisions in the agreement. The significant element of the military reform provision was the training and deployment of necessary unified forces (NUF). In the first phase, over 49,000 Necessary Unified Forces (NUFs) graduated, which missed the 53,000 target. As for the deployment phase, it is significantly behind with only about 900 soldiers being deployed in Warrap State.[1]
[1] RJMEC report 014/2022; 015/2022; 016/2022; 017/2023.