Sudan - parties and political groups

Last modified: 2000-01-21 by ole andersen
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• Sudan

• Sudan People's Liberation Movement
• Anya-Nya
• Movement of Riak Machar
• Lado
• National Democratic Alliance
• Nile State, c. 1970
• Azania Liberation Front and South Sudan National Provisional Government

This flag is presumably that of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement. It appeared on television during a report related to the war in the South of Sudan and was placed at the side of a personage who I think was Colonel John Garang. The SPLM is not a separatist movement (like the Anya-Nya) but operates in the South with the intention of taking power throughout the country.

Jaume Ollé, 3-MAR-1996

No, I see the flags in TV (at side of the SPDL leader) and sometimes in TV any color can be confused.
JaumeOllé, 17 April 1999

So , I think that the similarity of both flags are too much to be coincidence.
I suggest that the color of the star will be changed to yellow.
Dov Gutterman, 18 April 1999

At http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/5557/new.flag.html is a longish explanation of this flag, illustrated with an image with a yellow (not red) star. [editor's note]

What is the story behind this flag? Is this some new flag, or "only" a flag "want-to-be" of a movement fighting against the recognized Sudani government or what?
Zeljko Heimer, 15 April 1999

As far as I know, it is "want to be" flag, however it got strong resemblance to the flag of South Sudan which as far as I know is not controlled by the central government but by anti-government movement.
Dov Gutterman, 15 April 1999

Regarding the uniqness of this flag (as they claim on the page) I'm not so sure - does this flag says Kenya or Mozambique to some of you. Certainly it is not the same, but... Is there any connection?
Zeljko Heimer, 15 April 1999

Nothing in the site , but you can never know.......
Dov Gutterman, 15 April 1999

The flag with yellow star pointed upside down was reported in Ratio 1:2, but perhaps is an mistake.
Jaume Ollé, 21 April 1999

General Riak Machar give his name to a movement formed in August 1991 as a break-away from the Sudan People's Liberation Army.

Jaume Ollé, 19-NOV-1996

The Lado territory was a British possession which the British government rented to the Congo Free State in 1894. It was returned to Sudan in 1910. The Bari people in Lado have demanded independence for the territory and have adopted a flag.

Jaume Ollé, 19-NOV-1996

[A] referendum in the south of Sudan, once the borders are established, could spell a new flag of a new nation, theoretically anyway.

Steve Stringfellow, 06 May 1998

Jaume Ollé, 5 September 1998