Stakeholder size (number of people)
a. SPLA: 30000-40000

Area of Influence
a. Geographic area: Southern Sudan, especially three traditional provinces: Bahr el Ghazal, Equatoria, Upper Nile
b. Population subsets
i. Factions: Sudan People’s Democratic Front (SPDF), South Sudan Independence Movement (SSIM), SPLM/A-United (SPLM/A-U)

Description of Organization
a. Who are the leaders?
• President: Lt. Gen. Salva Kiir Mavardit
• Vice President: Dr. Riek Machar (mediator of the peace negotiations)
• SPLA Chief of Staff: Major General Hoth Mai
• Formerly, John Garang
b. How does one gain influence in the group?
c. What issues do they care about?
• Preserving its autonomous state, though initially the goal was to establish a “united, secular Sudan”
• Support from Uganda: The GoU? supported the SPLA in its war against the GoS? , as a way of creating a buffer between the two countries. The GoU? allowed the SPLA to set up bases in northern Uganda during the war.
• Failure to protect population from the LRA: There are allegations that the Government of South Sudan has failed to protect certain of its populations from LRA attacks, because these populations were unsupportive in the SPLM war against GoS? .
d. What does the organizational structure look like?
i. While there is a southern Sudanese government including a legislative assembly, the territory is still formerly part of Sudan. The CPA specifies that a referendum on Southern Sudanese independence be held.

Financial Resources (if applicable)
a. List activities that generate cash flow: taxes, funding from Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, indirectly from the US, western donors (since the CPA)
b. Income from activities
c. Profitability

Military Resources (if applicable)
a. What arms do they possess
i. What type? Light arms: Kalashnikov rifles, German G3s, rocket-propelled grenade launchers, heavy machine guns, some artillery, multiple rocket launches, anti-aircraft missiles, tanks
ii. How much?
b. Experience level