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Demonstrations over subsidies cuts.
Many people die in the clashes.National Congress Party threatens
split to reach out to secularists and leftists.President Bashir drops Ali Osman
Taha from the cabinetInternational Criminal Court
halts investigations
into war crimes in Darfur
for lack of supportPresident Bashir is re-elected
for another five-year term
and winsProtests prompted price hikes for basic goodsGovernment disperses protests,
arrests opposition politicians,
bans media coveragekilling of
Non-Arabs
beginsSudan army
attempts to
end the rebel
uprising in
the western
region of
DarfurHundreds of thousands
of refugees flee
to the neighboring
country of Chad.Army officers and opposition
politicians, as well as
Islamist leader, Hassan al-Turabi,
are detained over an
alleged coup plot.The US secretary of state,
Collin Powell, describes the
killings as genocideSudan government
and southern rebels
sign a peace dealUN Security Council
authorizes sanctions
against those who violate
ceasefire in DarfurUN Security Council
votes to refer those
accused of war crimes
in Darfur to International
Criminal Court.National Democratic
Alliance is allowed in
a power-sharing
administrationPresident Bashir frees
Islamist leader
Hassan al-Turabi.Former southern rebel leader
John Garang is sworn in as
vice-presidentThe new constitution
gives a large amount of
independance to the south.the Sudan Liberation
Movement signs a peace
accord which two smaller
groups rejectUN Security Council
authorizes a 26,000-strong
force for DarfurSudan says it will co-operate
with the United Nations-African Union
Mission in DarfurDarfur rebel group mounts
a raid on Omdurman. Sudan
accuses Chad of involvement
and breaks off diplomatic
relationsFighting breaks out
between north
and south AbyeiAn arrest warrant for President Bashir on
charges of war crimes and crimes against
humanity in Darfur is issued.a deal is made on
independence due in
South Sudan by 2011A peace accord with the
government, prompting
President Bashir to declare
the Darfur war over
is signed. Lack of specifics
and continuing
clashes with smaller rebel
groups endanger the
deal.International Criminal Court
issues a second arrest warrant
for President al-Bashir on
charges of genocide.South Sudan gains independence,
but some border areas remain
in disputeDarfur rebel leader,
Khalil Ibrahim, is killedSudan and South Sudan
resume pumping oil
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