The Civil War and More Events
The First Sudanese Civil War (also known as the Anyanya Rebellion or Anyanya I, after
the name of the rebels) was a conflict from 1955 to 1972 between the northern
part of Sudan and the southern Sudan region that demanded
representation and more regional autonomy. Half a million people died over the
17 years of war, which may be divided into three stages: initial guerrilla war,
Anyanya,
and South Sudan Liberation Movement.
However, the agreement that ended the First Sudanese Civil War's fighting in
1972 failed to completely dispel the tensions that had originally caused it,
leading to a reigniting of the north-south conflict during the Second
Sudanese Civil War, which lasted from 1983 to 2005. The period
between 1955 and 2005 is thus sometimes considered to be a single conflict with
an eleven-year ceasefire that separates two violent phases.
South Sudan became an independent state on 9 July 2011, following a referendum that passed with 98.83% of the
vote. It is
a United Nations member state,[13][14] a
member state of the African Union,[15] and a
member state of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development
the name of the rebels) was a conflict from 1955 to 1972 between the northern
part of Sudan and the southern Sudan region that demanded
representation and more regional autonomy. Half a million people died over the
17 years of war, which may be divided into three stages: initial guerrilla war,
Anyanya,
and South Sudan Liberation Movement.
However, the agreement that ended the First Sudanese Civil War's fighting in
1972 failed to completely dispel the tensions that had originally caused it,
leading to a reigniting of the north-south conflict during the Second
Sudanese Civil War, which lasted from 1983 to 2005. The period
between 1955 and 2005 is thus sometimes considered to be a single conflict with
an eleven-year ceasefire that separates two violent phases.
South Sudan became an independent state on 9 July 2011, following a referendum that passed with 98.83% of the
vote. It is
a United Nations member state,[13][14] a
member state of the African Union,[15] and a
member state of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development