Amidst protracted conflict with Nuer rebels and a peace-negotiation impasse in Addis Ababa, the Government of South Sudan (GOSS) is also one year in to a brave political experiment granting semi-autonomous governance to a former rebel commander in southern Jonglei - a place that is largely home to the Murle people and smaller communities like the Jei, Anyuak and Kachipo.
On 30 January 2014, the GOSS formally codified a peace agreement between itself and David Yau Yau's Cobra faction under the broader South Sudan Defense Movement/Army (SSDM/A).
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