Timeline of Sudanese history

This is a timeline of Sudanese history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Sudan and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Sudan. See that the [[list of governors of pre-independence list of heads of state of Sudan.

19th century[edit]

Year Date Event
1881 Mahdist War: A war began against the United Kingdom and Egypt
1898 Sudan fell under the rule of an Anglo-Egyptian condominium.

20th century[edit]

Year Date Event
1955 First Sudanese Civil War begins
1956 The country becomes independent as the Republic of the Sudan
1983 Second Sudanese Civil War begins

21st century[edit]

Year Date Event
2001 February Al-Turabi was arrested for signing a memorandum with the SPLA.
March The United Nations (UN) World Food Programme struggled to feed millions facing starvation.
April The SPLA threatened to attack foreign oil workers.
June Peace talks in Nairobi broke down.
July Egypt and Libya proposed a peace plan for Sudan.
September The UN lifted sanctions against Sudan.
October United States Senator John Danforth was appointed Special Envoy to Sudan.
November The United States imposed sanctions on Sudan.
2002 January A ceasefire was agreed between the government and the SPLA.
20 July Second Sudanese Civil War: The Machakos Protocol ended the nineteen-year civil war.
2003 February War in Darfur: The war began.
2004 January The army moved into Darfur to quell the rebellion, prompting hundreds of thousands of refugees to flee into neighbouring Chad.
March A UN official accused pro-government Janjaweed militias of carrying out systematic killings in Darfur.
September United States Secretary of State Colin Powell described the Darfur killings as genocide.
2005 9 January The Comprehensive Peace Agreement was signed between the SPLA and the government.
March The United Nations Security Council authorised sanctions against any violators of the Darfur ceasefire.
June Al-Turabi was freed.
July John Garang was sworn in as vice-president.
1 August Garang died in a plane crash and was succeeded by Salva Kiir Mayardit.
September A power-sharing government was established.
October An autonomous government was formed in southern Sudan.
2006 May The government signed a peace accord with a Darfur rebel group, the Sudan Liberation Movement.
October Jan Pronk, head of the United Nations Mission in Sudan, was expelled from the country.
November African Union peacekeepers extended their stay in Darfur for a further six months.
2007 May The United States placed fresh sanctions on Sudan.
31 July United Nations Security Council Resolution 1769 authorised twenty-six thousand peacekeepers for Darfur.
August 2007 Sudan floods: Floods began.
September 2007 Sudan floods: The floods ended.
November Sudanese teddy bear blasphemy case: A British teacher was imprisoned for naming a teddy bear Muhammad.

On 11 and 15 April 2010, Southern Sudan Regional Elections: A South Sudanese There was a regional elections in Southern Sudan in which Salva Kiir Mayardit won by 93% of the votes.[citation needed]

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References[edit]

  • "Timeline: Sudan, BBC News". 15 December 2009. Retrieved 10 October 2017.

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