Twenty-some political and military opposition groups from South Sudan were reunited December 9 in Entebbe (Uganda) to unify their positions in the framework of peace negotiations with the Sudanese government. The meeting was sponsored by Christian organizations - the World Council of Churches, the New Sudan Council of Churches, the Sudan Ecumenical Churches, and the Uganda Joint Christian Council - concerned with seeing a united front of South Sudanese opposition in face of Islamic front of South Sudanese opposition in face of Islamic expansion of certain groups of the North, like the fundamentalist organization Dawa Islamia. A member of the SPLM’s secretariat (political arm of John Garang’s SPLA), Kosti Munibi, pointed out that the memorandum signed in Macharios (Kenya) with the Sudanese government forecaster a division of power : 30% for the SPLA, 30% for the government, and 40% for the other groups. In this framework, the total going to the South would depend on their degree of organization and unity. Even though no peace will be effective as long as a general agreement hasn’t been adopted, some Southern military factions have already started unifying in order to increase their weight in the negotiations. The United Democratic Salvation Front merged with the Sudan People’s Democratic Front merged with the Sudan People’s Democratic Front and is now led by Riak Machar. Discussions are taking place between the SPLA (United) and the Equatorial Defense Force for the construction of an organization under the leadership of Lam Akol. For its part, John Garang’s SPLA wants to regroup other Southern forces in order to win new concessions from the government during the next round of negotiations in early January (non-application of the Sharia in Khartoum, inclusion of three contested zones in the future South Sudan entity, resolution on the question of land ownership, etc. ...). The meeting in Entebbe, which took place under strict security, also attempted to reach an agreement on South Sudan’s self-determination by rallying small radical groups who favor independence.