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Britain and Egypt signed a condominium agreement
Sudan was to be administered jointly. -
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
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
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
They had no party or organization so they couldn't attend the conference. -
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 -
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.
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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. -
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
Everyone wanted oil. -
President Numeiri declares the introduction of Sharia Islamic law.
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National Salvation Revolution takes over in military coup
National Salvation Revolution takes over in military coup
