[3] Much of the ethnic violence against non-Dinkas in the South Sudanese Civil War is attributed to the militia.
On 9 December 2013, the Presidential Guard and Mathiang Anyoor allegedly undertook a reconnaissance mission in the capital, Juba, possibly to identify Nuer population centers in the city.
Mathiang Anyoor promptly responded by attacking Machar's forces,[1] but also started anti-Nuer pogroms during which more than 200 people were killed in Juba.
[5] Following Paul Malong Awan's fall from power in 2017, Mathiang Anyoor units reportedly withdrew from the frontlines against the rebels in protest, most notably in the Upper Nile region.
While the new army chief James Ajonga Mawut subsequently managed to convince several groups of the militia to rejoin combat against the rebels,[6] elements of Mathiang Anyoor relocated to Aweil on Malong's orders.