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Egypt colonized Sudan in the 1860's.
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This civil war, which lasted 22 years and being one of the longest civil wars in recorded history led to the creation of South Sudan.
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Omar al-Bashir, an Egyptian military officer, overthrew the Anglo-Egyptian government in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan.
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Omar al-Bashir, an Egyptian military officer, overthrows the Anglo-Egyptian government in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. This led to Sudan becoming independent while installing a genocidal dictator in 1989.
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Darfur is a region in Sudan. Two insurgent groups rose from the region to oppose Bashir, and Bashir responded by committing genocide in the region.
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The Masalit are a Nilo-Saharan tribe in the Darfur region of Sudan. The Fur are a Nilo-Saharan tribe in the Darfur region of Sudan. They are located in Sudan, Chad, and Egypt. The Zaghawa were a regional power in very early times, and have never made it back to the big stage. There have not been any conflicts between these groups.
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Sudan split because of the fact that Sudan as a country could almost never have occurred naturally as it was comprised of an animist south and a Muslim north.
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Although they are now separate political entities, South Sudan and Sudan still have conflicts over disputed territories and oil.
