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Revolt against the Turco-Egyptian administration
there was a revolt against the leadership foreshadowed that disputes what still exists today. -
Muhammad ibn Abdalla
He proclaimed himself as the Mahdi or the "expected one" and began a rligous crusade to unify tribes in Sudan. His followers are considered the single largest political group, called the Umma Party. They are still led by a descendant of Mahdi.
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Mahdi nationalist revolt
They toke advantage of the dissatisfaction resulting from a bad administration and much explotation
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Death and Concuring
Mahdi died shortly after the revolt. His state soon got over run by the Anglo-Egyptian forse led by Lord Kitchener -
Northern laws
In the 1920s a series of laws, the Closed Districts Ordinances palced tight controls on access to the south. -
Southern Policy
In 1947 Southern Policy was abandoned after the Juba Confrence orginazed by the colonial goverment, at which Southern chiefs agreed with northern nationalists to pursue a united sudan. -
Independence is Gained by Sudan
The United Kingdom and Egypt created an aggreement that provided Sudan with self goverment and self determination.It began with the inauguration of parliment in 1954. They finally acived independance on January 1, 1956. -
Sudanisation
In 1953 at the Cairo Confrence an self-rule, the grounds that they had "No party or orgainization". -
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Civil War
Sudan has been at war for more than three quarters of its existence. This conflict is rooted in the cultural and religious diffrences that characterize the country. Northerners who have traditionally controlled the country have the opposition of non-Muslims, southerners, and marginalized peoples in the west and east. -
1895 slaughter of blacks also called Suakin Expedition
The British also sent an expeditionary force under Lieutenant-General Sir Gerald Graham to Suakin in March 1885. It became known as the Suakin Expedition. Although it was successful in the two actions it fought, it failed to change the military situation and was withdrawn.These events temporarily ended British and Egyptian involvement in Sudan, which passed completely under the control of the Mahdists.
