Paul Malong Awan

Another theory says both Salva and Riek were the intended victims of a coup perhaps by SPLA Chief of Staff Paul Malong Awan...

Paul Malong Awan of playing a guiding role in the government's counter-insurgency in the area...

Several SPLA top people including reportedly his close ally Chief of Staff Lieutenant Colonel Paul Malong Awan have moved their prolific cattle to Equatoria...

The unpopular Teklar Ring Deng may have been exiled as Ambassador to Russia but other Salva sidekicks are still around notably Michael Makuei Lueth as Spokesman and Lieutenant Colonel Paul Malong Awan as SPLA Chief of Staff...

Paul Malong Awan Chief of General Staff...

Paul Malong Awan and a National Security Service (NSS) Director Major Gen...

Paul Malong Awan (AC Vol 55 No 9 Calling time on the killing)...

Paul Malong Awan...

The sense that both sides are losing their grip has grown: General Salva is often overshadowed by his strongman protégé the Chief of General Staff Lieutenant Colonel Paul Malong Awan while last month's Leadership Conference at Pagak of Commander Riek's Sudan People's Liberation Movement-in-Opposition presented its final report as if it were the sole SPLM in existence (AC Vol 55 No 9 Calling time on the killing)...

Paul Malong Awan former Governor of Northern Bahr el Ghazal State and Hoth's successor as Chief of General Staff...