Content_paragraphs:  Political alignments continued to shift throughout the reporting period. On 
  
  25 December 2020, the SPLM-N Abdelaziz Al-Hilu faction joined 11 Sudanese 
  
  political parties, women’s groups and movements in a new alliance. The group 
  
  condemned the encroachment of the Sovereign Council on the prerogatives and 
  
  mandate of the civilian authorities and reiterated its support  for the civilian-led 
  
  government; the Prime Minister’s prerogative to lead the peace process; the joint 
  
  agreement on principles signed by Abdelaziz Al-Hilu and the Prime Minister in Addis 
  
  Ababa on 3 September 2020; the swift formation of the Transitional Legislative 
  
  Council; and the separation of religion and State. On 12 January 2021, SRF and the 
  
  National Umma Party also announced the formation of an alliance.  
  
   
  
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