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LocationSudan (1956–2011)
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Conflict Africa

First Sudanese Civil War

1955 CE – 1972 CE · 17 years

Long insurgency in southern Sudan driven by political exclusion and fears of northern domination, ending with the Addis Ababa Agreement and temporary southern autonomy.

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First Sudanese Civil War on Wikipedia.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Sudanese government
  • Anyanya rebels

Key moments

Defining events in the First Sudanese Civil War.

  1. 1955 Torit Mutiny
  2. 1960s Anyanya offensives
  3. 1972 Addis Ababa Agreement

Elsewhere in Africa at the time

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Landmark · Africa

Great Mosque of Touba

1963 CE – still standing

Polity · Africa

British Somaliland

1884 CE – 1960 CE

Conflict · Africa

Sand War (Algeria–Morocco)

1963 CE

Landmark · Africa

Taï National Park

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Africa

French West Africa

1895 CE – 1958 CE

Conflict · Africa

Nigerian Civil War (Biafra)

1967 CE – 1970 CE

Landmark · Africa

Rwenzori Mountains

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Africa

French Equatorial Africa

1910 CE – 1958 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1955 CE and 1972 CE.

1960 CE Congo Crisis 1961 CE Portuguese Colonial Wars 1961 CE Angolan War of Independence 1963 CE Guinea-Bissau War of Independence 1963 CE Great Mosque of Touba

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Darvaza Gas Crater Landmark · Middle East 1971 CE – still standing Tibet Polity · South Asia 1000 CE – 1960 CE Winston Churchill Figure · Britain 1874 CE – 1965 CE Naxalite–Maoist Insurgency Conflict · South Asia 1967 CE – 2026 CE Cathedral of Brasília Landmark · Americas 1958 CE – still standing Trucial Oman Polity · Middle East 1820 CE – 1971 CE
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