Torit mutiny

Torit mutiny
Part of the First Sudanese Civil War
Date August 18–30, 1955 Location Equatoria, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan Result Government victory Uprising put down Beginning of the armed insurgency
Belligerents
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan Supported by:  Egypt	Rebel elements of the Equatoria Corps
Commanders and leaders
Ismail al-Azhari Knox Helm	Daniel Jumi Tongun Marko Rume
Units involved
Royal Air Force
Casualties and losses
361 dead	75 dead 300 executed
Uncertain

The Torit mutiny was an insurrection that took place in August 1955 in and around Torit, Equatoria, but quickly spread to other southern cities such as Juba, Yei, and Maridi.^[1] The rebellion began when a group of officers from No. 2 Company, Equatoria Corps, led by Daniel Jumi Tongun and Marko Rume, both of the Karo ethnic group, mutinied against the British administration on August 18. The immediate causes of the mutiny were a trial of a southern member of the national assembly and an allegedly false telegram urging northern administrators in the South to oppress southerners.^[1] Although the insurrection was suppressed, it ushered in a period of instability characterized by guerrilla activity, banditry, and political tensions between north and south that eventually escalated to full-scale civil war with the Anyanya rebellion in 1963.