| Anyanya | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Founders | Joseph Oduho Joseph Lagu George Akumbek Julius Moroga Severino Fuli |
| Leaders | Aggrey Jaden Gordon Muortat Mayen Joseph Lagu |
| Dates of operation | 19 August 1963–1972 |
| Headquarters | Kampala |
| Active regions | South Sudan |
| Ideology | Southern Sudanese separatism |
| Size | 5,000–10,000[3] |
| Allies | South Sudan Liberation Movement |
| Opponents |  Sudan People's Armed Forces |
The Anyanya (also spelled Anya-Nya) were a southern Sudanese separatist rebel army formed during the First Sudanese Civil War (1955–1972). A separate movement that rose during the Second Sudanese Civil War were, in turn, called Anyanya II. Anyanya means "snake venom" in the Ma'di language.[4]
- ^ Martell 2018, p. 75.
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- ^ Wells, Victor C. and Samuel P. Dilla, December 1993, "Colonization, Arabization, Slavery, and War, and War Against Indigenous Peoples of Southern Sudan Archived February 23, 2007, at the Wayback Machine" Fourth World Bulletin, Vol.3, No.1