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The First Sudanese Civil War between the North and the South ended with the Addis Ababa Agreement, supposedly allowed the South to govern itself. This agreement only lasted a few years.
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President Numayri declares Islamic Law. This angers many Southern Christians.
John Garang and Southern rebels form the Sudanese Peoples Liberation Army. -
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Islamic Lt. Gen. Omar Hassan al-Bashir of the Sudanese Army takes power from the curent government in a military coup. He became the Prime Minister.
He is still in office today, elected as president in 1993. -
Three years of intense negotiations between
SPLA and Khartoum over the future of
southern Sudan. -
SPLA chief John Garang and Sudan's lead government negotiator sign a comprehensive peace accord ending a civil war that claimed the lives of more than 2 million. The civilian death toll is one of the highest of any war since World War II.
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Former southern rebel leader John Garang is sworn in as first vice president. A constitution which gives a large degree of autonomy to the south is signed.
Three weeks later, Garang dies in a helicopter crash in southern Sudan. Members of SPLA vow to faithfully implement the peace plan their leader signed. -
Autonomous government is formed in the south, in line with January 2005 peace deal. The administration is dominated by former rebels.
