Machar denied Statement trying to start Process_start a coup and fled Escaping to lead the SPLM – in opposition ( SPLM-IO ) .

Fighting broke out Process_start between the Sudan People 's Liberation Movement ( SPLM ) and SPLM-IO , igniting Causation the civil war .

Following a second breakout of fighting within Juba , the SPLM-IO fled Escaping to the surrounding and previously peaceful Equatoria region .