Year | Date | Event |
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2001 | February | Al-Turabi was arrested for signing a memorandum with the SPLA. |
March | The United Nations (UN) World Food Programme struggled to feed millions facing starvation. |
April | The SPLA threatened to attack foreign oil workers. |
June | Peace talks in Nairobi broke down. |
July | Egypt and Libya proposed a peace plan for Sudan. |
September | 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. |
2003 | February | War in Darfur: The war began. |
2004 | January | The army moved into Darfur to quell the rebellion, prompting hundreds of thousands of refugees to flee into neighbouring Chad. |
March | A UN official accused pro-government Janjaweed militias of carrying out systematic killings in Darfur. |
September | United States Secretary of State Colin Powell described the Darfur killings as genocide. |
2005 | 9 January | The Comprehensive Peace Agreement was signed between the SPLA and the government. |
March | The United Nations Security Council authorised sanctions against any violators of the Darfur ceasefire. |
June | Al-Turabi was freed. |
July | John Garang was sworn in as vice-president. |
1 August | Garang died in a plane crash and was succeeded by Salva Kiir Mayardit. |
September | A power-sharing government was established. |
October | An autonomous government was formed in southern Sudan. |
2006 | May | The government signed a peace accord with a Darfur rebel group, the Sudan Liberation Movement. |
October | Jan Pronk, head of the United Nations Mission in Sudan, was expelled from the country. |
November | African Union peacekeepers extended their stay in Darfur for a further six months. |
2007 | May | The United States placed fresh sanctions on Sudan. |
31 July | United Nations Security Council Resolution 1769 authorised twenty-six thousand peacekeepers for Darfur. |
August | 2007 Sudan floods: Floods began. |
September | 2007 Sudan floods: The floods ended. |
November | Sudanese teddy bear blasphemy case: A British teacher was imprisoned for naming a teddy bear Muhammad. |