South Sudan Federal Democratic Party

The South Sudan Federal Democratic Party (SSFDP), is a South Sudanese militant group fighting against the government around Torit in Eastern Equatoria State.

This rebel group is different from but related to the larger similarly named "Federal Democratic Party/South Sudan Armed Forces" led by Peter Gadet, Gabriel Chang and Gathoth Gatkuoth.

[1] The SSFDP surfaced at the beginning of December 2015, when a group of defectors from the SPLA seized control of a rural police post in Idolu near Torit.

[3] A battle in Oguruny left that town badly damaged.

[4] The SSFDP is led by Anthony Ongwaja, who claims to have defected from the SPLA with the rank of Major General[2] with the aim of establishing federal democracy in South Sudan.