Sudan People's Liberation Movement–North
Sudan People's Liberation Movement–North الحركة الشعبية لتحرير السودان-الشمال | |
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| Founded | 2011 |
| Split from | Sudan People's Liberation Movement |
| Ideology | New Sudan Liberal democracy Secularism Anti-racism |
| National affiliation | Sudan Revolutionary Front |
| National Assembly | 0 / 426 |
| Council of States | 0 / 50 |
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The Sudan People's Liberation Movement–North (Arabic: الحركة الشعبية لتحرير السودان-الشمال, romanized: Harakat Al-Sha'abia Li-Tahrir Al-Sudan-Al-Shamal), or SPLM–N, is a political party and militant organisation in the Republic of the Sudan, based in the states of Blue Nile and South Kordofan. The group's armed forces are formally known as the Sudan People's Liberation Army–North or SPLA–N. In 2011 when South Sudan broke away from Sudan to form a new country, most of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) and Army (SPLA) left with it, leaving units remaining across the border in Sudan to form the SPLA–N.
The SPLA–N has suffered from factionalism. Two factions, SPLM-N (Agar) and SPLM-N (al-Hilu) were engaged in fighting each other and against the government of Sudan, from approximately 2017-2019. As of 2025, the al-Hilu faction was fighting the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), while the leader of the Agar faction was appointed into the military-run government. A third faction SPLM-N (Arman) emerged in 2022.