The Sundan War(s)

1955 - 1972 First Sudanese Civil War

*Until 1946, the British administered south Sudan and north Sudan as separate regions.
*At this time, the two areas were merged into a single administrative region.
*The north is inhabited by Arabic Muslims and south by sub-Saharan Christians & animists.
*South is a more fertile plain of Nile and also has most of the Oil resources.
*The South demand complete automony from the government and hence the Civil War starts.
*The civil war comes to an end with the Peace Agreement of 1972.

1983 - 2005 Second Sudanese Civil War

*In 1983, the then President campaigned for the Islamization of the entire state of Sudan.
*He declared state of emergency in 1983. Though emergency was recalled in 1984, the act of opression continued. Thus he became the reason for the second civil war.
*Sudan supported Saddam Hussein in the 1990-91 Gulf war.
*Osama bin Laden and his Al Qaeda moved to Sudan in 1991 and carried out their terrorist attacks outside Sudan. In 1996, he was expelled from Sudan & he moved to Afghan.
*The war comes to an end with the peace treaty in 2005 at Nairobi.