SPLA Lion Battalion near Malakal, southern Sudan

1986 - Restricted election campaign in the Sudan : Rebels from the Sudanese People's Liberation Front (SPLA) hamper the Sudanese election campaign, which takes place since Tuesday for the first time in 18 years. The SPLA, which control nearly two thirds of the black south, refuses to take part in the parliamentary election. Our picture shows the SPLA Lion-Battalion a few miles away from the embattled town of Malakal in southern Sudan. The black African rebel-army counts today approximately 40, 000 well equipped soldiers and has its logistic support in the Ethiopian border region. The SPLA was supported by the Libyan leader Gaddafi until his main enemy president Nimeiry of Sudan was overthrown last year. Nowadays the SPLA is supplied with modern weapons by the Ethiopian military regime

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