SPLM

SUDAN PEOPLE'S LIBERATION MOVEMENT (SPLM)

The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement is a Sudanese rebel movement turned political party. Formerly known as the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA), the group fought in the Second Sudanese Civil War against the government from 1983 to 2005.  In 1989 it joined the main opposition group in Sudan, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and in January 2005 signed a Comprehensive Peace Agreement with the Sudanese government.  Since the end of the war the SPLM has had representatives in the Government of Sudan, and is the main constituent of the government in the semi-autonomous Southern Sudan.  In October 2007 the SPLM withdrew from the government over allegations that the Khartoum government has failed to follow through on implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement.

For more information, please see:

Federation of American Scientists – SPLA and SPLM

Official website of the SPLM

Relief Web – Comprehensive Peace Agreement