Sudan Timeline

  • Flashpoint for Conflict

    Flashpoint for Conflict
    For hundreds of years the south western region of Bahr al-Ghazal and South-western Sudan. The slaves were caught, beaten, and roped. After they were caught they were shipped great distances.
  • Conquered

    Sudan is conquered by Turkey and Egypt.
  • Control

    Control
    Tight control on acess on the south, the Nuba mountins, and Blue Mountains.
  • Southern Policy

    Southern Policy
    After Juba conference organized tried to to unite them the southern policy was abandoned.
  • Before Independence

    Before Independence
    British military force was the first to use aerial bombing. Britan seperated north and south sudan.
  • Cairo Conference

    Cairo Conference
    The people from south Sudan were not repreented at the organization.
  • Start of the second civil war

    Start of the second civil war
    Southern soldiers rebelled rather than following orders.
  • Sharr'a law

    Sharr'a law
    Shari'a law was involved in the goverments legal system.
  • Nimeri overthown

    Nimeri overthown
    Nimeri was overthwon because collapsing economy
  • Oil

    Oil
    Sudan starts to distrubute their oil to other countries.
  • River Nile

    THe river Nile floods and leaves thousands homeless in SUdan.
  • SPLA

    The government and SPLA signs a protocol to end the civil war.
  • Peace Agreement

    A historic peace agreement is signed, but the situation in Darfur remains unchanged and extremely critical.