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First Sudanese Civil War
The First Sudanese Civil War started in 1955 between the northern and southern part of Sudan. It was started because the British failed to ensure equity to both regions. The war ended in 1972 with the Addis Ababa Agreement which gave significant regional autonomy to the south. -
Sudanese Military Coup
Col Jaafar Muhammad Numeiri led a group of socialist and communist Sudanese military officers to take power of the government. He was in control from 1969 until 1985 when he was overthrown in another military coup. -
Sudan Military Coup
General Abdul Rahman Siwar el-Dahab led a coup in 1985 and gained control of Sudan. He imposed a harsh Muslim rule on the South which was mostly Christian and Animist. During this time, the civil war had intensified and became a full-scale southern guerrilla war for independence. -
Darfur
The SLA and the JEM rebel groups launched a rebelion against the Sudanese government over the government's falure to protect the people from attacks. The Sudanese forces and the Janjaweed militia attacked over 400 villages. They killed 400,000 people and 2,500,000 people were displaced. There are still 100 people killed there every day and 5000 killed every month. -
Tension over Abyei
In 2008, fighting broke out in the town of Abyei between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Sudan's People Liberation Movement. Abyei is 4,000 square miles of desert, farmland, and oil fields which are desireable to both Sudan and South Sudan. -
Sudanese nomadic conflicts
These conflicts are between rival nomadic tribes taking place in the territory of Sudan. They are very common and are usually over scarse resources such as grazing land and water for drinking and for cattle. -
South Kordofan and Blue Nile
After disputed state-level elections in 2011, there was conflict between the government and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N). Later in 2011, the conflict spread to Blue Nile. The Sudan Armed Forces started targeting civilians that they believed to be connected to the SPLM-N. It is estimated that there are more than 202,000 refugees in south sudan and Ethiopia. -
Heglig Crisis
The Heglig crisis was a short conflict between Sudan and South Sudan. It was over a region of land that was very rich in oil. South Sudan invaded Heglig which was a small town on the border. Several small conflicts took place until agreements on natural resources and borders were signed. -
Air Strike on Yarmouk Arms Factory
An arms factory in Khartoum, the capitol of Sudan, was destroyed in an air strike by an unknown force, The factory was believed to have ties to Iran. -
South Sudan Civil Conflict
The United states and Ghana sent troops to extract their citizens as fighting between the Government and rebels broke out. Hundreds of people were killed and several US troops were wounded by rebel forces.
