Civil War Timeline
 
Nadia Hemady, M.A. student in Cultural Production, Brandeis University


  • 1955 - The Sudan achieves independence.


  • 1972 - A peace agreement is reached.

  • 1983 - The Khartoum government attempts to establish sharia over Sudan. Hostilities are renewed. The SPLA headed by John Garang allies itself with the Nuba Mountain peoples led by Yousif Kuwa.

  • 1987 - The Khartoum government carries out devestating attacks on civilian populations in Southern Sudan. Refugees, including tens of thousands of children, flee to neighboring countries.

  • 1988 - Having surrounded the Nuba Mountain area, the Khartoum government begins systematic killing of the civilian population there.

  • 1991 - A government sympathetic to the Khartoum government takes control in Ethiopia. Refugee camps are attacked and refugees flee back into Sudan to escape.


  • 2000 - The United States of America starts a program for accepting Southern Sudanese refugees.

  • 2001 - After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the United States tightens immigration controls and halts the program.

  • 2003 - Forces supported by the government begin attacks on civilians in Darfur.

  • 2005 - A cease-fire agreement is reached.






This website has been developed by the Museums and Public Memory (Anth 159a) class taught by Professor Mark Auslander at Brandeis University. Images have been reproduced with the permission of the African Refugee Artists Club.