Sudan: History

1956

Sudan gains independence from a joint British-Egyptian rule.

1962

The first civil war between northern and southern parts of Sudan initiates.

1978

Oil is discovered in southern Sudan. 

1983 Civil war breaks out in the south between government forces and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM).

1999 Sudan begins to export oil.

2005

North/South Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) ends the second civil war that took place in 1983; deal provides autonomy for the south.

2011

The people of South Sudan vote in favor of full independence from Sudan after years of tension between nations, however, some border areas remain in dispute.

2013

Sudan and South Sudan agree to resume pumping oil after a bitter dispute over fees that saw production shut down more than a year earlier.