This document is a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed on 6 March 2026 between the National Salvation Front/Army (NAS/A) and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army – In Opposition (SPLM/A-IO). The agreement establishes a framework for political and military cooperation between the two movements aimed at addressing the root causes of conflict in South Sudan. It outlines shared commitments to federal democratic governance, sustainable peace, opposition unity, the development of a common peace plan, and the creation of a joint high-level committee to guide coordination and resolve disputes.
This document contains the official speech delivered on the 9th anniversary of the National Salvation Front (NAS), commemorating the movement’s founding on 6 March 2017. The address honours the martyrs of the struggle, reflects on the sacrifices made by the South Sudanese people, and reaffirms NAS’s commitment to justice, democracy, and national transformation. The speech outlines the movement’s vision for a just, diverse, and prosperous South Sudan and calls for continued resistance against oppression, corruption, and misrule.
The South Sudan Opposition Movements Alliance (SSOMA) rejects the current framework of the Tumaini Peace Initiative, arguing it was developed without meaningful consultation, predetermines outcomes, and prioritises elections without addressing the root causes of conflict in South Sudan. The alliance calls for a genuinely inclusive peace process based on broad stakeholder consultations, negotiations addressing governance failure, security reform, and justice, and the creation of conditions necessary for credible elections. SSOMA insists that sustainable peace requires a comprehensive agreement with clear implementation guarantees, accountability mechanisms, and national ownership of the process.
SSOMA Reaffirms Commitment to Political Dialogue, Calls for Inclusive Roundtable Conference in South Sudan
The Leadership Council of the South Sudan Opposition Movements Alliance (SSOMA) has reiterated its unwavering commitment to political dialogue as the cornerstone of achieving lasting peace in South Sudan.
This renewed focus emerged from the recent SSOMA Leadership Council meeting held in Rome on August 12-14, 2024, where NAS leader General Thomas Cirillo Swaka was also appointed as the Chairperson of the alliance as outlined in the Rome SSOMA Declaration
Dr Alex Yata Lukadi, the Chairman of the South Sudan Movement for Change (SSMC) and Ambassador Emmanuel Ajawin, the Chairman of the National Democratic Movement-Patriotic Front (NDM-PF) were appointed Deputy Chairperson, and Secretary General respectively.
Concerns against the Tumaini initiative continue to mount as Dr. Lam Akol's National Democratic Movement (NDM) and Dharuai Mabor's Party of National Unity (PNU) become the latest signatories to the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan (R-ARCSS) to express their reservations. They accuse the initiative of being exclusive and secretive and describe some prospects of the process as potentially overriding the R-ARCSS and dismantling structures it established, August 5, 2024.
This Constitutional Order 07/14/05/2024 appoints Isaac Ajiba Ochang Commissioner General of NAS Federal Civil Authority
This constitutional order number 06/13/05/2024
- dissolves all NAS National Committees; Office of the National Coordinator for NAS Branches; Women Congress; and Youth Congress
- relieves all officials in the above mentioned dissolve institutions from their official duties
- reassigns heads, deputies and secretaries to continue in acting status...
The Leadership of South Sudan Opposition Movement Alliance (SSOMA), which consists of the National Salvation Front (NAS), National Democratic Movement - Patriotic Front (NDM-PF), and the South Sudan National Movement for Change (SSNMC), would like to clarify to its members, the people of South Sudan and the members of the International Community that it is not a participant in the Kenyan peace mediation process.
NAS Easter Message
20240306 NAS 7th Anniversary Speech by Chairman Thomas Cirillo