Abyei Liberation Front

The Abyei Liberation Front was a guerrilla organization in Sudan, active in the Abyei region of South Kordofan in the early 1980s. The group had emerged amongst the Ngok Dinka, in response to attacks on their community by Misseriya Arabs supported by police and army forces. The ALF was one of the armed groups active during this period that were linked to the 'Anyanya II' movement of Southern army mutineers.[1] The commanders of ALF were Deng Alor Kuol and Chol Deng Alaak.[2][3] Around 1984 the ALF was contacted by Sudan People's Liberation Army detachments from Ethiopia and incorporated into the SPLA.[4][5]

Abyei Liberation Front
LeadersDeng Alor Kuol
Chol Deng Alaak
Dates of operationearly 1980s – 1984
Merged intoSudan People's Liberation Army
Active regionsAbyei, South Kordofan, Sudan
IdeologyNgok Dinka protection
Part ofAnyanya II
AlliesSouth Sudan SPLA
OpponentsSudan Sudanese Army
Sudan Sudanese Police
Misseriya Arab militias

References
  1. Ryle, John. The Sudan Handbook. Suffolk: James Currey Ltd, 2011. pp. 127-128
  2. Guarak, Mawut Achiecque Mach. Integration and Fragmentation of the Sudan: An African Renaissance. [S.l.]: Authorhouse, 2011. p. 254
  3. Gebrewold-Tochalo, Belachew. Anatomy of Violence: Understanding the Systems of Conflict and Violence in Africa. Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate, 2009. p. 173
  4. Daly, M. W., and Ahmad Alawad Sikainga. Civil War in the Sudan. London: British Academic Press, 1993. p. 127
  5. Clapham, Christopher. African Guerrillas. Oxford [u.a.]: Currey [u.a.], 1998. p. 58


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