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Since independence in 1956, the history of Sudan has been tarnished by internal conflict, including the First Sudanese Civil War (1955–1972), the Second Sudanese Civil War (1983–2005), the War in Darfur (2003–2020)–culminating in the secession of South Sudan on 9 July 2011, after which the South Sudanese Civil War took place therein ...
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 Funj Sultanate, also known as Funjistan, Sultanate of Sennar (after its capital Sennar) or Blue Sultanate (due to the traditional Sudanese convention of referring to black people as blue) [10] (Arabic: السلطنة الزرقاء, romanized: al-Sulṭanah al-Zarqāʼ), [11] was a monarchy in what is now Sudan, northwestern Eritrea and western Ethiopia.
1 January: City becomes capital of independent Republic of Sudan. University of Khartoum established. [14] 1957 Municipal Stadium opens. Khartoum American School established. 1960 - Bank of Sudan headquartered in Khartoum. 1962 - Industrial Bank of Sudan opens. 1964 - Population: 173,500. [16] 1967 - August: Arab League summit held. [3] 1970
African Journal of History and Culture 13.1 (2021): 43–55. online [dead link ] Johnson, Douglas H. The Root Causes of Sudan's Civil Wars (Indiana UP, 2003), ISBN 0-253-21584-6; Kiernan, Ben. Blood and Soil: A World History of Genocide and Extermination from Sparta to Darfur (2009) excerpt; Nachtigal, G. transl. H. Fisher, Sahara and Sudan
The Mahdist State, also known as Mahdist Sudan or the Sudanese Mahdiyya, was a state based on a religious and political movement launched in 1881 by Muhammad Ahmad bin Abdullah (later Muhammad al-Mahdi) against the Khedivate of Egypt, which had ruled Sudan since 1821.
According to Shilluk folk history and neighboring accounts, the kingdom was founded by Nyikang, who probably lived in the second half of the 15th century. A Nilotic people , the Shilluk managed to establish a centralized kingdom that reached its apogee in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, during the decline of the northern Funj Sultanate .
Pages in category "Cultural history of Sudan" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.