Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, (Arabic: حركة الشعبية لتحرير السودان-الشمال Harakat Al-Sha'abi Li-Tahrir Al-Sudan-Al-Shamal) also known as SPLM-N, is a banned militant organisation in the Republic of Sudan. It is currently actively primarily in the states of Blue Nile and South Kordofan, where its armed branch is engaged in an active insurgency against the government of Sudan.