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Three people were killed after being hit by an RSF anti-aircraft missile in El Fasher that originally targeted an SAF airdrop. The SAF claimed to have shot down an RSF suicide drone over Shendi. [246] The UN Security Council voted unanimously to extend its weapons embargo and other sanctions relating to the war in Sudan until 2025. [247]
A civil war between two major rival factions of the military government of Sudan, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) under Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and its allies (collectively the Janjaweed coalition) under the Janjaweed leader Hemedti, began during Ramadan on 15 April 2023. [22]
Since gaining independence in 1956, Sudan has witnessed a protracted series of coups d'état, totalling 19 coup attempts, of which 7 were successful, [1] [note 1] which places Sudan as the African nation with the most coup attempts [2] and it ranks second globally, just behind Bolivia, which has recorded 23 coup attempts since 1950. [3]
The United Nations Human Rights Council narrowly decided to increase monitoring of abuses amid the war in Sudan, despite opposition from the Sudanese government. 18 members voted in favor of a resolution calling for an end to the violence and broadening the mandate of a UN expert on Sudan to include monitoring of abuses "arising directly from ...
The UN lifted sanctions against Sudan. October: United States Senator John Danforth was appointed Special Envoy to Sudan. November: The United States imposed sanctions on Sudan. 2002: January: A ceasefire was agreed between the government and the SPLA. 20 July: Second Sudanese Civil War: The Machakos Protocol ended the nineteen-year civil war ...
1899 — 1901 Rabih War. 1874 Rabih az-Zubayr conquered the Sultanate of Darfur; 1881 C.E. — 1899 C.E. The Mahdist War. November 3, 1883 C.E. — November 5, 1883 C.E. Battle of El Obeid; February 4, 1884 C.E. — February 29, 1884 C.E. First and Second Battles of El Teb; March 13, 1884 C.E. Battle of Tamai
Second Sudanese Civil War: Background Q & A: The Darfur Crisis, Esther Pan, Council on Foreign Relations, cfr.org; Price of Peace in Africa: Agreement in Sudan Between Government and Rebel; Photojournalist's Account – Displacement of Sudan's second civil war; In pictures: Sudan trek – of returning refugees after the war, BBC, 14 June 2005
The First Sudanese Civil War (also known as the Anyanya Rebellion or Anyanya I, after the name of the rebels, a term in the Madi language which means 'snake venom') [24] was fought from 1955 to 1972 between the northern part of Sudan and the southern Sudan region which demanded representation and more regional autonomy.