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The SPLM-North is a breakaway faction of the Sudan People’s Liberation
Movement, the ruling party of South Sudan, which made peace with the Sudanese
government in 2005 before securing independence of South Sudan in a referendum
in 2011. After this, some territories controlled by SPLM remained north of the
border, including in the Nuba Mountains of South Kordofan. Fighters in this area
continued the insurgency, led by Abdelaziz al-Hilu. They control large parts of
South Kordofan, but not the major towns. Al-Hilu declined to sign the Juba Peace
Agreement of 2020, unlike the leader of the SPLM-North faction in Blue Nile
State, Malik Agar. Since the outbreak of the war between Sudan Armed Forces and
Rapid Support Forces, al-Hilu’s troops have gained ground in several areas of
South Kordofan, taking advantage of the army’s weakness. SPLM-N is not formally
aligned with either RSF or SAF.
Source:
https://sudanwarmonitor.com/p/whos-who-in-sudans-new-civil-war
See
more information here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudan_People%27s_Liberation_Movement
The flag has three equal horizontal bands of black (top), red, and light blue;
the red band is edged in white; a green triangle based on the hoist side
contains a gold, five-pointed star in a red disk.
Images of the flag in
use:
https://www.newarab.com/news/sudan-pm-makes-historic-visit-rebel-held-south
https://www.voaafrica.com/a/africa_south-sudan-focus_sudans-government-agrees-separate-religion-and-state/6195464.html
https://sudantribune.com/article67925/
Olivier Touzeau, 2 May 2024