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In August 1991, internal dissension among the rebels led opponents of Colonel Garang's leadership of the SPLA to form the so-called Nasir faction of the SPLA rebel army.
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In September 1992, William Nyuon Bany formed a second rebel faction,
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and in February 1993, Kerubino Kwanyin Bol formed a third rebel faction
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On 5 April 1993, the three dissident rebel factions announced a coalition of their groups called SPLA United at a press conference in Nairobi, Kenya.