The Sudan People's Liberation Movement is a political party and former rebel movement in Sudan and South Sudan, led for most of its early history by John Garang. It began among southern officers and soldiers who rebelled against the government in Khartoum, and its armed wing was the Sudan People's Liberation Army. It fought the Second Sudanese Civil War, one of Africa's longest conflicts, over issues of autonomy, resources, religion and political marginalisation of the south. The Comprehensive Peace Agreement of 2005 gave the south a referendum, and South Sudan became independent in 2011. The SPLM then governed the new country under Salva Kiir, but internal rivalries, notably with Riek Machar, helped to bring about a new civil war in 2013.
Before and after
- 1983Rise of Zapatista Army of National Liberation
- 1983Origins of K League 1
- 1983Creation of C++
- 1983Creation of ABAP
- 1983Rise of Sudan People's Liberation Movement
- 1983Muhammad Yunus founds Grameen Bank
- 1983Kary Mullis invents the polymerase chain reaction
- 1 January 1983The Internet is born as ARPANET adopts TCP/IP
- 26 January 1983Launch of IRAS
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- 22 March 1945Founding of Arab League
- 8 August 1967Founding of ASEAN
- 10 December 1987Rise of Hamas
- 1994Rise of Taliban
- 1 January 1995Founding of World Trade Organization
- 11 September 2001September 11 attacks
The era
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