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Sudan
Created by
Kat
⟶ Updated 29 Nov 2017 ⟶
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Events
1881: Revolt against the Ottoman Egyptian-Egyptian administration
1899-1955: Sudan passes into joint British-Egyptian rule
1956: Sudan becomes independent North mostly Muslim South: Animist, Christian
1962: Civil war beging in the South
1972: Addis Ababa Agreement South granted partial self-governance
1970s/80s: Times of food shortage and drought
1984-85: Famine product of long process of drought and dessertification + war and civil unrest hindered aid response
1983: Khartom imposed Sharia law = civil war
1987: Arabs published a manifesto of racial superiority, clashed broke out between Arabs & Furs
1989: Peace agreement signed Omar al-Bashir seizes power
1998: Another catastrophic drought
2000: Widespread starvation
1971-2001: Up to 40% of forest disappeared
2003: Peace talks start between North and South but civil war begins in the West
2005: Peace signed between Sudanese gov-t and SPLM
2002: Khartoum sends 5,000 Janjaweed to Southern Darfur to drive Fur from their land
2004: U.S. declares that Bashir's regime is conducting a campaign of genocide
2009: International Criminal Court issues an arrest warrant for al-Bashir for crimes against humanity (400,000 dead and 2,500,000 displaced)
2011: South Sudanese vote for separation - world's newest nation
2013-2015: Over 2 million displaced
2017: 4.5 million in famine