Joseph Bangasi Bakosoro

A predominately Western Equatorian movement chaired by Colonel Joseph Bangasi Bakosoro a long-serving SPLA officer elected governor of Western Equatoria in 2010 and dismissed by presidential decree in August 2015...

Changson Chang and Joseph Bakosoro remain dark horse candidates for a consensus candidate if a choice of Lam proves too divisive...

In November SPLA-IO forces clashed with National Movement for Change forces under the command of ex-SPLA commander Abraham Wani and overall command of ex-Western Equatoria governor Joseph Bakosoro who is in exile in the United States...

There is also outrage over Juba's treatment of Joseph Bangasi Bakosoro who was elected Governor of Western Equatoria in 2010 the country's only successful non-party gubernatorial candidate...