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Before Independence
Sudan is under joint British-Egyptian rule. -
Independance
the United Kingdom and Egypt concluded an agreement providing for Sudanese self-government and self-determination -
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First Civil War
the Arab-led Khartoum government reneged on promises to southerners to create a federal system, which led to a mutiny by southern army officers that launched 17 years of civil war -
Sudan Becomes Independant
Sudan gains independance from Britain in 1956 -
Abboud Leads Militia
General Abboud leads military coup against the civilian government elected earlier in the year -
General Ibrahim Abboud Persecutes the South
General Ibrahim Abboud seized power and pursued a policy of Arabization and Islamization in the south that strengthened southern opposition -
First War
Civil war begins in the south, led by the Anya Nya movement. -
Abboud Overthrown
General Abboud was overthrown in 1964 and a civilian caretaker government assumed control. -
Colonel Nimeiri Takes Power
n May 1969, a group of communist and socialist officers led by Colonel Gaafar Muhammad Nimeiri, seized power -
Discovery
Oil discovered in Bentiu in southern Sudan. -
Second Civil War
Southern soldiers mutined rather than follow orders transfering them to the North. -
Sudan People's Liberation Movement is established
The SPLA was formed in 1983 when Lieutenant Colonel John Garang of the SPAF was sent to quell a mutiny in Bor of 500 southern troops who were resisting orders to be rotated to the north. -
Traditional Shari'a Law Adopted
September 1983, as part of an Islamicization campaign, President Nimeiri announced that traditional Islamic punishments drawn from Shari’a -
Nimeiri Overthrown
Nimeiri was overthrown by a popular uprising in Khartoum provoked by a collapsing economy, the war in the south, and political repression. -
Oil
Sudan begins to export oil.
