The South Sudan Opposition Movements Alliance (SSOMA) and the other opposition groups participating in the Kenyan government-mediated Tumaini Initiative peace talks in Nairobi have come together under the name United People’s Alliance.
The grouping comprises the leaders of the South Sudan Opposition Movement Alliance (SSOMA), comprising the Real -Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (R-SPLM), South Sudan United Front/Army (SSUF/A); South Sudan United People Liberation Front (UNPLF); and National Salvation Front – Revolutionary Command Council (NAS-RCC).
“We, the Opposition Parties currently engaged in the sustained negotiations in search for peace with the government of the Republic of South Sudan in the Tumaini Initiative under the auspices and mediation of the Government of the Republic of Kenya, do hereby announce the formation of the United People’s Alliance (UPA) on this historic 9 day of January 2025 in commemoration of the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) on 9 January 2005, and the exercise of self-determination by the people of South Sudan to finally achieve Independence on 9th of July 2011,” a statement by the groups reads in part. “The UPA calls on all the people of South Sudan, other Opposition Parties, and Stakeholders to unite and intensify the struggle to achieve peace and good governance using all means possible to end the immense suffering of our people and the relentless political instability induced by the current regime in Juba.”
“Our motherland is in danger of disintegration; it is collapsing into chaos and disorder as a direct result of leadership failure,” the statement added.
United People’s Alliance said the country is afflicted with multiple crises, where people are dying of hunger and diseases without the failed regime moving a finger or uttering a word.
“Our people are yearning for peace while the corrupt regime in Juba keeps obstructing peace and holding onto power illegitimately through several senseless extensions,” the group said. “Finally, our lofty goal is a united, peaceful, just, and prosperous new South Sudan for all its citizens irrespective of clan, tribe, region, religion, or gender. We, therefore, aspire to build a homeland in which all South Sudanese shall live in peace and harmony and to which they all belong and pledge undivided allegiance.”