Sudan Liberation Movement/Army

Sudan Liberation Movement
Sudan Liberation Movement
	Logo of the SLM/A
Leaders	Minni Minnawi — SLM (Minnawi); Abdul Wahid al Nur — SLM (al-Nur); Khamis Abakar — SLM (abakar) X; El-Taher Hajar — SLFA; El-Hadi Idris — SLM-TC; Mustafa Tambour — SLM (Tambour);
Dates of operation	2002–present
Active regions	Western Sudan (mostly Darfur), northern South Sudan, southern Libya
Size	600–1,000 men as of 2009 (UN estimate)
Part of	Sudan Revolutionary Front
Allies	Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (SLA-Unity; until 2011); South Sudan (SLA-MM and SLA-AW)
Battles and wars	War in Darfur; Sudanese conflict in South Kordofan and Blue Nile; South Sudanese Civil War; Second Libyan Civil War; Sudanese civil war (2023–present);
Website	slmsudan.com

The Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (Arabic: حركة تحرير السودان Ḥarakat Taḥrīr as-Sūdān; abbreviated SLM, SLA, or SLM/A) is a Sudanese rebel group active in Darfur, Sudan. It was founded as the Darfur Liberation Front by members of three indigenous ethnic groups in Darfur: the Fur, the Zaghawa, and the Masalit, among whom were the leaders Abdul Wahid al-Nur of the Fur, Khamis Abakar of the Masalit and Minni Minnawi of the Zaghawa.

Sudan Liberation Movement
Logo of the SLM/A
Leaders	Minni Minnawi — SLM (Minnawi) Abdul Wahid al Nur — SLM (al-Nur) Khamis Abakar — SLM (abakar) X El-Taher Hajar — SLFA El-Hadi Idris — SLM-TC Mustafa Tambour — SLM (Tambour)
Dates of operation	2002–present
Active regions	Western Sudan (mostly Darfur), northern South Sudan, southern Libya
Size	600–1,000 men as of 2009 (UN estimate)
Part of	Sudan Revolutionary Front
Allies	Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (SLA-Unity; until 2011) South Sudan (SLA-MM and SLA-AW)
Battles and wars	War in Darfur Sudanese conflict in South Kordofan and Blue Nile South Sudanese Civil War Second Libyan Civil War Sudanese civil war (2023–present)
Website	slmsudan.com