Sudan Timeline

  • Egypt conquers northern parts of Sudan

  • Ismail al-Azhari served as the first prime minister of Sudan

  • Period: to

    First Sudanese Civil War started

  • Independence is granted to Sudan as a single unified nation

  • Civil war spread to Southern Sudan with the ascendance of the Anyanya separatist movement

  • The current flag of Sudan was adopted

  • Oil was discovered in Bentiu

  • Period: to

    Second Sudanese Civil War

  • Egypt and Libya proposed a peace plan for Sudan

  • The Machakos Protocol ended the nineteen year Civil War

  • WFSS ( Water for South Sudan ) drilled its first well in South Sudan

  • Sudan split into Southern Sudan and Sudan after the people of South Sudan voted for independence.

  • South Sudans flag was adopted