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Government. A newspaper report speculated that while Matiep was looking at political opportunities in the Government of South Sudan, Kong was looking at potential gains from control of the oil-rich
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52:(SAF), and laid the framework for conduct of a referendum that could eventually lead to independence for South Sudan. However, it left unresolved the issue of what would happen to the smaller armed groups, and in particular the
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became deputy commander of the SPLA under Salva Kiir as commander. More than 50,000 of Matip's forces were integrated into the SPLA and other organized forces, but he retained some former SSDF soldiers as a personal bodyguard.
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