| Country: | Sudan |
| Details of Formation: | The Ambororo are nomads who used to be selling milk. In 2006, they were suddenly seen with sophisticated equipment and evidence suggests that they received support from the National Congress Party. |
| Details of Termination: | The Ambororo have been expelled from Western Equatoria state in 2008/10 by South Sudan authorities and were mainly active in Western Bahr el Ghazal, which belongs now to the territory of South Sudan. The group is coded to be terminated in 2011 when South Sudan became independent from Sudan. |
| Purpose: | The National Congress government supported the Ambororos with the aim that they destabilize the SPLM/A-dominated areas in the Western Bahr al-Ghazal State. |
| Organisation: | The Ambororo has links to the National Congress Party. The Ambororo are led by the Ambororo Chief, Mohamed Suleiman, who represents the group at Southern Sudan level. |
| Weapons and Training: | The Ambororo have automatic weapons. The security advisor to the governor of Western Equatoria suspects the state authorities for providing the Ambororo with the weapons. |
| Size: | -- |
| Reason for Membership: | -- |
| Treatment of Civilians: | The Ambororo destroyed crops, beehives, water points and cultivated land of local farmers in Western Bahr al-Ghazal State and Western Equatoria. In 2007, community leaders in Western Equatoria alleged that the Ambororo had killed more than 90 people in the region, a claim that was refuted by the vice-president of Southern Sudan. In 2008, the government of Southern Sudan expelled the Ambororo from Western Equatoria due to their predating behaviour. |
| Other Information: | The Ambororo are located in Bahr el Ghazal, Western Equatoria and Unity. They target SPLM/A police which is considered a rebel group despite the Comprehensive Peace Agreement due to their continued support of an independent South Sudan. Apart from the weapons, it can be assumed that the Ambororo use their cattle as source of finance. The Ambororo are Arab nomads. |
| References: | Information was taken from news sources listed in the PGMD |