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1920s Closed Districts Ordinances
In the 1920s a series of law, the Closed Districts Ordinances laced tight controls on access to the south -
1947 Southern Policy
A southern policy was abandoned after the Juba Conference organized by the colonial goverment -
1953 Cairo Conference
Southerners were not represented at the 1953 Cairo Conference on self-rule, saying that they had "no party or orginization" -
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war between Sudan
Revolt and start of the civil war for Sudan -
Removal from power
president Numieri was removed from power -
U.S attacks sudan
USA launches a missile on a chemical plant in Khartoum assumed to develop chemical weapons possibly in coorporation with the Al'Qaeeda terror network that caused. lots of Civilians are killed in the attack. The Sudanese government denies any possible link to terror and chemical weapons -
Peace soldiers
United Nations Security Council agrees to send 10,000 peace keeping soldiers to South Sudan. But the descision does not cover the Darfur region.