Sudan

Sudan

By Briana.B
  • Britain and Egypt signed a condominium agreement

    Britain and Egypt signed a condominium agreement

    Sudan was to be administered jointly.
  • New Political Parties emerged

    New Political Parties emerged

    Two political parties had emerged. The National Unionist Party led by al-Azhari, demanded union of the Sudan and Egypt
  • Southern Policy was abandoned

    Southern Policy was abandoned

    It was abandoned after the Juba Conference organized by the colonial government, at which Southern chiefs agreed with northern nationalists to pursue a united Sudan. A crash program of integration followed.
  • Britain and Egypt signed an accord ending the condominium arrangement

    Britain and Egypt signed an accord ending the condominium arrangement

    agreeing to grant Sudan self government within three years. The agreement also provided for a senate for the Sudan, a Council of Ministers, and a House of Representatives, elections to which was to be supervised by an international commission.
  • Southerners were not represented at the 1953 Cairo Conference

    Southerners were not represented at the 1953 Cairo Conference

    They had no party or organization so they couldn't attend the conference.
  • Sudan gains independence

    Sudan gains independence

    The Parliament voted unanimously that the Sudan should become "a fully independent sovereign state".
  • General Abboud leads military coup against the civilian government elected earlier in the year

    General Abboud leads military coup against the civilian government elected earlier in the year

    General Abboud leads military coup against the civilian government elected earlier in the year
  • bloodless army coup led by General Ibrahim Abboud toppled the Government of al-Azhari

    bloodless army coup led by General Ibrahim Abboud toppled the Government of al-Azhari

    General Abboud declared that he would rule through a thirteen member army junta and that democracy was being suspended in the Sudan in the name of "honesty and integrity".
  • Civil war begins in the south, led by the Anya Nya movement.

    Civil war begins in the south, led by the Anya Nya movement.

  • Sadik al-Mahdi, the 30 year old president of the Umma party, took over as Prime Minister

    Sadik al-Mahdi, the 30 year old president of the Umma party, took over as Prime Minister

    Internally the security situation in the southern Sudan continued to cause anxiety; successive Prime Ministers visited the South in April and October but neither threats nor blandishments succeeded in curbing the rebels.
  • Sudanese Communist Party leaders executed after short-lived coup against Numeiry.

    Sudanese Communist Party leaders executed after short-lived coup against Numeiry.

    Sudanese Communist Party leaders executed after short-lived coup against Numeiry.
  • The war ended officially

    The war ended officially

    when Colonel Numeiry signed a peace pact with Major-General Lagu, the Leader of the Anya-Nya rebels in the south.
  • Oil discovered in Bentiu in southern Sudan

    Oil discovered in Bentiu in southern Sudan

    Everyone wanted oil.
  • President Numeiri declares the introduction of Sharia Islamic law.

    President Numeiri declares the introduction of Sharia Islamic law.

  • National Salvation Revolution takes over in military coup

    National Salvation Revolution takes over in military coup

    National Salvation Revolution takes over in military coup