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Sudan is under joint British-Egyptian rule.
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Revolt against the Turco-Egyptian administration.
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Sudan becomes independent.
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General Ibrahim Abboud leads military coup against the civilian government elected earlier in the year
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Jaafar Numeiri leads the "May Revolution" military coup.
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Civil war breaks out again in the south involving government forces and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM), led by John Garang.
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Revolution Command Council dissolved after Omar Bashir is appointed president.
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President Bashir meets leaders of opposition National Democratic Alliance for first time in Eritrea.
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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.