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The First Sudanese Civil War (also known as the Anyanya Rebellion or Anyanya I, after the name of the rebels, a term in the Madi language which means 'snake venom') [24] was fought from 1955 to 1972 between the northern part of Sudan and the southern Sudan region which demanded representation and more regional autonomy.
The Torit mutiny was an insurrection that took place in August 1955 in and around Torit, Equatoria, but quickly spread to other southern cities such as Juba, Yei, and Maridi. [1] The rebellion began when a group of officers from No. 2 Company, Equatoria Corps , led by Daniel Jumi Tongun and Marko Rume , both of the Karo ethnic group, mutinied ...
Second Sudanese Civil War: Background Q & A: The Darfur Crisis, Esther Pan, Council on Foreign Relations, cfr.org; Price of Peace in Africa: Agreement in Sudan Between Government and Rebel; Photojournalist's Account – Displacement of Sudan's second civil war; In pictures: Sudan trek – of returning refugees after the war, BBC, 14 June 2005
On 18 August 1955 an army revolt in the southern Sudanese city of Torit broke out, [84] which although quickly suppressed, led to a low level guerrilla insurgency by former southern rebels, and marked the beginning of the First Sudanese Civil War. [85] On 15 December 1955 the Premier of Sudan Ismail al-Azhari announced that Sudan would ...
The Anyanya (also spelled Anya-Nya) were a southern Sudanese separatist rebel army formed during the First Sudanese Civil War (1955–1972). A separate movement that rose during the Second Sudanese Civil War were, in turn, called Anyanya II. Anyanya means "snake venom" in the Ma'di language. [4]
Second Sudanese Civil War: Background Q & A: The Darfur Crisis, Esther Pan, Council on Foreign Relations, cfr.org; Price of Peace in Africa: Agreement in Sudan Between Government and Rebel; Photojournalist's Account – Displacement of Sudan's second civil war; In pictures: Sudan trek – of returning refugees after the war, BBC, 14 June 2005
The UN lifted sanctions against Sudan. October: United States Senator John Danforth was appointed Special Envoy to Sudan. November: The United States imposed sanctions on Sudan. 2002: January: A ceasefire was agreed between the government and the SPLA. 20 July: Second Sudanese Civil War: The Machakos Protocol ended the nineteen-year civil war ...
The Sudanese civil war has also triggered the world’s largest displacement crisis. According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), about 8.1 million people have ...