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colonized
Sudan is under joint British-Egyptian rule. -
Revolt
Revolt against the Turco-Egyptian administration. -
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After colonized
Sudan becomes independent. -
military coup
General Ibrahim Abboud leads military coup against the civilian government elected earlier in the year -
Jaafar Numeiri
Jaafar Numeiri leads the "May Revolution" military coup. -
(SPLM)
Civil war breaks out again in the south involving government forces and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM), led by John Garang. -
Revolution
Revolution Command Council dissolved after Omar Bashir is appointed president. -
Advent of oil
President Bashir meets leaders of opposition National Democratic Alliance for first time in Eritrea. -
President Bashir
The Pretoria High Court orders President Bashir not to leave South Africa - where he is attending an African Union summit - while it considers whether or not to arrest him over alleged war crimes.