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President finally decreed the creation of new states in October 2015, he and his forces mutinied. At the time, Okiech's superior, Major
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Brigade One" was rebuffed. The TFNF explained their refusal with the readiness of the SPLM-IO to negotiate a peace agreement with the government. In
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contrast, the Tigers refused to end their insurgency as long as the
Shilluk Kingdom was not restored per its 1956 borders. The TFNF instead joined the National Democratic Movement (NDM), a Shilluk rebel group formed by
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decided to increase the number of South Sudan's states to 28 in mid-2015. This move was widely denounced by
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