Sabbin Sojojin Tiger

**The Tiger Faction New Forces** (a taƙaice: **TFNF**, wanda kuma ake kira Tiger Faction ko The **Tigers**)  ya kasance 'yan bindiga na Shilluk waɗanda suka shiga cikin Yakin basasar Sudan ta Kudu tare da manufar juyar da rarraba Sudan ta Kudu zuwa jihohi 28 (daga baya 32)  don maido da yankin Masarautar Shilluk ta iyakokinta na 1956.  A karkashin jagorancin Yoanis Okiech, TFNF ta rabu da Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) a ƙarshen Oktoba 2015 kuma daga baya ta fara tayar da kayar baya a kan gwamnati SPLM. A cikin shekara ta 2016, duk da haka, ya kuma shiga rikici tare da 'yan tawaye na SPLM-IO, wanda ya haifar da fada tsakanin' yan tawaye wanda ya haifar le mutuwar Okiech da lalata kungiyar a watan Janairun 2017.

## Tarihi

Shilluk sune kabilanci na uku mafi girma a Sudan ta Kudu kuma galibi suna zaune a tsohuwar Jihar Upper Nile ta kasar. Ƙarnuka da suka gabata, Shilluk ya kafa masarauta mai ƙarfi da ƙarfi, wanda ya tsira har zuwa yau duk da cewa ya rasa 'yancin kansa a cikin karni na 19. Da yake sha'awar duk wani iko na waje, Shilluk sun fi aminci ga juna, mulkin mallaka da ƙasashensu fiye da Sudan ta Kudu, kamar yadda "yanayin ambaliyar Kogin Nilu, bayan duk, sun yi musu fiye da kowane gwamnati da ta taɓa yi". Bayan barkewar yakin basasar Sudan ta Kudu, 'yan bindiga na Shilluk galibi sun goyi bayan gwamnatin da ke karkashin rinjaye na Dinka; wannan ya canza, duk da haka, lokacin da Shugaba Salva Kiir Mayardit ya yanke shawarar kara yawan jihohin Sudan ta Kudu zuwa 28 a tsakiyar shekara ta 2015. Shilluk ya yi tir da wannan yunkuri a matsayin yunkurin raba ƙasarsu, yana tura 'yan bindiga da yawa na Shilluk cikin tawaye.

## Tushen da ayyukan kai tsaye
Farkon Sabon Sojojin Tiger Faction suna da alaƙa da Yoanis Okiech, ɗaya daga cikin manyan kwamandojin Shilluk a cikin sojojin Sudan ta Kudu, Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA). Okiech da farko ya kasance mai aminci ga gwamnati lokacin da Shilluk a cikin SPLA, musamman sojojin Agwelek na John Uliny, suka yi tawaye a watan Mayu 2015. Duk da haka, gwamnati ba ta amince da shi ba kuma ta tsare shi a gida yayin da dakarunsa suka kasance a Manyo County a arewacin Jihar Nilu, inda suka kori 'yan tawaye na SPLM-IO a farkon 2015. Okiech saboda haka ya nuna tausayi ga tashin hankali na Uliny, kuma lokacin da Shugaban kasa ya ba da umarnin kirkirar sabbin jihohi a watan Oktoba 2015, shi da sojojinsa sun yi tawaye. A wannan lokacin, babban jami'in Okiech, Manjo Janar Ayok Ogat, ya bar sojojinsa zuwa Juba, damar da Okiech ya yi amfani da ita don kaddamar da hare-hare na mamaki a kan masu goyon bayan SPLA a Wadakona da Tor Gwang a Manyo County a ranar 29 ga Oktoba 2015. Gwamnati ta yi iƙirarin cewa mabiyan Okiech sun ƙidaya mutane 90 kawai kuma hare-haren su na farko sun gaza, yayin da 'yan tawaye suka ce hare-harun su sun yi nasara.

A ranar 30 ga Oktoba, Okiech ya sanar da kafa "Tiger Faction New Forces". Manufar da aka bayyana na sabuwar kungiyar ita ce ta juyar da rarraba Masarautar Shilluk ta hanyar kirkirar sabbin jihohi, wanda TFNF ta yi la'akari da yunkurin da ba bisa ka'ida ba ta hanyar "karamin cin hanci da rashawa a Juba" tare da manufar ba da ƙasashen Shilluk ga Dinka.[1] Kodayake akwai rahotanni cewa TFNF daga baya ya shiga sojojin Agwelek na Uliny, Tigers a zahiri sun kasance masu zaman kansu, kodayake sun fara ba da hadin kai tare da sojojin Agwelik, kuma, ta hanyar fadadawa, SPLM-IO. Da yake kai hari kan sojojin masu biyayya a Wadakona, Gabat, Mananmand Ajot, Nyanowar, da Tor Gwang, TFNF ta fadada yankin sarrafawa. Kodayake Tigers ba su da isasshen iko don kama garin Renk mai mahimmanci, sun mallaki yawancin arewacin Yammacin Nilu a farkon 2016, kuma godiya ga goyon bayan fararen hula na Shilluk. Hakanan, SPLA ta kaddamar da hare-hare da yawa a kan TFNF tsakanin Oktoba 2015 da Fabrairu 2016.

## Haɗin NDM da hallaka
SPLM-IO ta yi ƙoƙari ta shawo kan TFNF don shiga su a hukumance a watan Maris na shekara ta 2016, amma an ƙi tayin da suka yi na nada Okiech a matsayin kwamandan "Special Brigade One". TFNF ta bayyana kin amincewarsu tare da shirye-shiryen SPLM-IO don tattauna yarjejeniyar zaman lafiya tare da gwamnati. Sabanin haka, Tigers sun ki kawo karshen tawaye muddin ba a mayar da mulkin Shilluk ba bisa ga iyakokinta na 1956. TFNF a maimakon haka ta shiga cikin National Democratic Movement (NDM), ƙungiyar 'yan tawaye ta Shilluk da Lam Akol ta kafa. Kamar yadda NDM ta kasance abokin hamayya ga SPLM-IO, tashin hankali ya karu tsakanin Tigers da sojojin Agwelek da ke da alaƙa da SPLM-IO, wanda ya haifar da fada tsakanin 'yan tawaye.[10]

A watan Janairun 2017, sojojin SPLM-IO a Yammacin Upper Nile suka ƙaddamar da wani babban yaƙi a kan ƙungiyoyin NDM na yankin, wanda ya haifar da mummunan faɗa tsakanin ɓangarorin biyu a yankin da ke kewaye da Hamra,  wani ƙaramin ƙauye kusa da Kodok .  Duk da cewa an ruwaito cewa an fatattaki wani hari na farko da SPLM-IO ta kai,  sojojin da ke ƙarƙashin jagorancin Uliny sun mamaye hedikwatar Okiech da ke yankin. A yayin faɗan, an kashe Janar Gabriel Gatwech Chan ( wanda aka fi sani da "Tanginye"), babban kwamandan NDM kuma abokin Okiech, tare da 'ya'yansa maza biyu da kuma aƙalla 'yan bindiga 20. Okiech ya ji rauni kuma da kyar ya tsira da ransa, yayin da sauran sojojinsa suka watse.    Mutanen John Uliny sun ci gaba da bin sa, kuma daga ƙarshe suka kewaye Okiech a Thoroji, a arewacin Upper Nile kusa da kan iyaka da Sudan . A can, sun kashe shi da masu tsaron lafiyarsa 27 a wani harbi a ranar 7 ga Janairu 2017.   SPLM-IO ta ci gaba da ikirarin cewa da wannan nasarar, an lalata sojojin Okiech gaba ɗaya. 

Kodayake abubuwa na NDM sun kasance masu aiki a yankin Upper Nile,  mutuwar Okiech da Gabriel Tang sun rage ikon NDM na fadada yankin. Upper Nile ta haka ne ya kasance karkashin rinjaye na SPLM-IO.[10]

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