First Sudanese Civil War

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armed conflict civil war

The First Sudanese Civil War was a protracted conflict from 1955 to 1972 between the northern Sudanese government and southern insurgents, rooted in political, religious, and ethnic tensions that shaped Sudan’s post-independence history.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
First Civil War in Sudan	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	armed conflict ⓘ civil war ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Anyanya Rebellion ⓘ First Sudanese Civil War ⓘ surface form: First Civil War in Sudan
belligerent	Anyanya ⓘ Government of Sudan ⓘ Southern Sudanese insurgents ⓘ
cause	centralization of power in Khartoum ⓘ ethnic tensions between northern and southern populations ⓘ failure to implement federal arrangements for Southern Sudan ⓘ political marginalization of Southern Sudan ⓘ religious tensions between predominantly Muslim north and non-Muslim south ⓘ
combatant	Anyanya guerrilla movement ⓘ Sudanese Armed Forces ⓘ
country	Sudan ⓘ
endDate	1972 ⓘ
endedBy	Addis Ababa Agreement ⓘ surface form: Addis Ababa Agreement of 1972
followedBy	Second Sudanese Civil War ⓘ
hasDuration	approximately 17 years ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Cold War ⓘ surface form: Cold War era
impact	deepened north–south divide in Sudan ⓘ high civilian casualties ⓘ large-scale internal displacement in Southern Sudan ⓘ militarization of Southern Sudanese politics ⓘ
influenced	formation of Southern Sudanese political movements ⓘ negotiations leading to Southern autonomy ⓘ
involvedEthnicGroup	Arabized northern Sudanese ⓘ Dinka ⓘ Equatorian groups ⓘ Nuer ⓘ
location	Northern Sudan ⓘ South Sudan ⓘ surface form: Southern Sudan
mainTheater	Southern provinces of Sudan ⓘ
partOf	post-independence conflicts in Sudan ⓘ
peaceAgreement	Addis Ababa Agreement ⓘ
peaceAgreementDate	1972-02-27 ⓘ
peaceAgreementLocation	Addis Ababa ⓘ
precededBy	Anglo-Egyptian Sudan ⓘ surface form: Anglo-Egyptian rule in Sudan
region	East Africa ⓘ
relatedTo	Sudanese independence in 1956 ⓘ Sudan–South Sudan relations ⓘ
result	Addis Ababa Agreement ⓘ creation of Southern Sudan Autonomous Region ⓘ regional autonomy for Southern Sudan ⓘ
significantEvent	Torit mutiny ⓘ
startDate	1955 ⓘ 1955-08-18 ⓘ
startEvent	Torit mutiny ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

First Sudanese Civil War → alsoKnownAs → First Sudanese Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Civil War in Sudan

Sudan → experiencedEvent → First Sudanese Civil War ⓘ

Second Sudanese Civil War → precededBy → First Sudanese Civil War ⓘ