Timeline of Sudanese history

This is a timeline of Sudanese history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Sudan and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Sudan. See that the list of governors of pre-independence Sudan and list of heads of state of Sudan.

19th century

YearDateEvent
1881Mahdist War: A war began against the United Kingdom and Egypt
1898 Sudan fell under the rule of an Anglo-Egyptian condominium.

20th century

YearDateEvent
1955The rule of the Anglo-Egyptian condominium ended.
First Sudanese Civil War: The war began.
19561 JanuarySudan achieved independence.
1958General Ibrahim Abboud staged a military coup against the elected government.
1962Civil war spread to southern Sudan with the ascendance of the Anyanya separatist movement.
1964OctA revolution overthrew Abboud's regime.
1969MayGaafar Nimeiry led a military coup.
19711971 Sudanese coup d'état: The leaders of an attempted Communist coup against Nimeiry failed and were executed.
1972The Addis Ababa Agreement (1972), reached between the Sudanese government and the Anyanya, created a self-governing region in the south of the country.
1978Oil was discovered in Bentiu.
1983Second Sudanese Civil War: A war began between government forces and the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) led by John Garang.
Nimeiry introduced sharia.
1985Nimeiry was deposed and replaced by the Transitional Military Council.
1986Sadiq al-Mahdi became Prime Minister in a coalition government following elections.
1988The Democratic Unionist Party (Sudan) drafted a cease-fire with the SPLA which was not implemented.
1989The government was overthrown in a coup.
30 JuneOmar al-Bashir assumed the office of President.
199316 OctoberBashir was appointed President.
1995Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak blames Sudan for an attempted assassination.
199820 AugustThe Al-Shifa pharmaceutical factory was destroyed by United States cruise missiles.
1999A state of emergency was declared by President Bashir following a power struggle with Hassan al-Turabi.
Oil exports from Sudan began.
2000SeptemberThe Governor of Khartoum banned women from working in public places.
SeptemberPresident Bashir met the leaders of the National Democratic Alliance (Sudan) for the first time.
DecemberBashir was re-elected for a five-year term as President.

21st century

YearDateEvent
2001FebruaryAl-Turabi was arrested for signing a memorandum with the SPLA.
MarchThe United Nations (UN) World Food Programme struggled to feed millions facing starvation.
AprilThe SPLA threatened to attack foreign oil workers.
JunePeace talks in Nairobi broke down.
JulyEgypt and Libya proposed a peace plan for Sudan.
SeptemberThe UN lifted sanctions against Sudan.
OctoberUnited States Senator John Danforth was appointed Special Envoy to Sudan.
NovemberThe United States imposed sanctions on Sudan.
2002JanuaryA ceasefire was agreed between the government and the SPLA.
20 JulySecond Sudanese Civil War: The Machakos Protocol ended the nineteen-year civil war.
2003FebruaryWar in Darfur: The war began.
2004JanuaryThe army moved into Darfur to quell the rebellion, prompting hundreds of thousands of refugees to flee into neighbouring Chad.
MarchA UN official accused pro-government Janjaweed militias of carrying out systematic killings in Darfur.
SeptemberUnited States Secretary of State Colin Powell described the Darfur killings as genocide.
20059 JanuaryThe Comprehensive Peace Agreement was signed between the SPLA and the government.
MarchThe United Nations Security Council authorised sanctions against any violators of the Darfur ceasefire.
JuneAl-Turabi was freed.
JulyJohn Garang was sworn in as vice-president.
1 AugustGarang died in a plane crash and was succeeded by Salva Kiir Mayardit.
SeptemberA power-sharing government was established.
OctoberAn autonomous government was formed in southern Sudan.
2006MayThe government signed a peace accord with a Darfur rebel group, the Sudan Liberation Movement.
OctoberJan Pronk, head of the United Nations Mission in Sudan, was expelled from the country.
NovemberAfrican Union peacekeepers extended their stay in Darfur for a further six months.
2007MayThe United States placed fresh sanctions on Sudan.
31 JulyUnited Nations Security Council Resolution 1769 authorised twenty-six thousand peacekeepers for Darfur.
August2007 Sudan floods: Floods began.
September2007 Sudan floods: The floods ended.
NovemberSudanese teddy bear blasphemy case: A British teacher was imprisoned for naming a teddy bear Muhammad.

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See also

References

  • "Timeline: Sudan, BBC News". 15 December 2009. Retrieved 10 October 2017.

Bibliography

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