| Country: | South Sudan |
| Details of Formation: | The date refers to the attack on the UN base in Bor. |
| Details of Termination: | -- |
| Purpose: | The PGM carried out attacks against groups and individuals loyal to Riek Machar. After the failed coup of Riek Machar in 2013, the army split into a Dinka and a Nuer faction. Then, the government supported the militia in its operations against pro-Machar groups. |
| Organisation: | The militia was loyal to president Salva Kiir; there is no information on the group’s internal organization. |
| Weapons and Training: | No information. |
| Size: | No information. |
| Reason for Membership: | Militiamen were of Dinka ethnicity and were loyal to president Salva Kiir, a fellow Dinka. |
| Treatment of Civilians: | The militia attacked a UN base where the militiamen suspected rebel fighters dressed as civilians. The militia’s excessive violence, alongside the military led to an escalation of the South Sudanese conflict. |
| Other Information: | The group attacked a United Nations base in the South Sudan town of Bor. The group assumed that UN bases are sheltering members of the White Army, a rebel-aligned Nuer militia accused of committing atrocities against Dinka civilians. |
| References: | Information was taken from news sources listed in the PGMD. |