List of wars involving Sudan

This is a list of wars involving the Republic of Sudan.

Mahdist Sudan (1885–1899)[]

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results
Mahdist War (1881–1899)	Mahdist Sudan	United Kingdom  Canada  Egypt Italy  Congo Free State Ethiopia	Defeat Sudanese invasions of neighbors repelled Sudan became an Anglo-Egyptian condominium

Post-independence (from 1956)[]

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results
First Sudanese Civil War (1955–1972)	Sudan  Libya  Uganda	ALF Anyanya	Stalemate Addis Ababa Agreement[1]
Simba rebellion 1963 – November 1965 (Simba holdouts continue resistance until 1996)	Democratic Republic of the Congo  Belgium  United States Anyanya	Simba Rebels Gbenye-Olenga faction Soumialot faction Kabila-Massengo faction  Uganda Supported By:  Soviet Union  Cuba  Tanganyika  China Sudan  Burundi  Egypt  Algeria	Rebellion Suppressed
Lebanese Civil War (1976–1979)	ADF  Syria  Saudi Arabia  Sudan  UAE  Libya  South Yemen	LF	Withdrawal End of ADF mandate following the Hundred Days' War
Iran–Iraq War (1982–1988)[2]	Iraq MEK DRFLA KDPI  Sudan	Iran KDP PUK Badr Brigades	Stalemate Both Iraq and Iran accepted UNSC Resolution 598
Second Sudanese Civil War (1983–2005)	Sudan Janjaweed SSDF Nuer White Army SPLA-Nasir LRA  Libya  Iraq	SPLA SPDF SSLM Anyanya II Eastern Front  Uganda  Ethiopia  Eritrea	Stalemate Comprehensive Peace Agreement 2011 Referendum, independence of South Sudan Eastern Sudan Peace Agreement
War in Darfur (2003–)	Sudan Janjaweed	JEM SLA	Ongoing Darfur Peace Agreement
Invasion of Anjouan (2008)	Tanzania  Sudan  Comoros  Senegal	Anjouan	Victory Toppling of Mohamed Bacar
War in South Kordofan (2011–2021)	Sudan	SPLA-N	Stalemate Comprehensive peace agreement signed with rebels
Heglig Crisis (2012)	Sudan	South Sudan	Victory South Sudanese withdrawal from Heglig
Saudi-led intervention in Yemen (2015–)	Hadi government Southern Movement  Saudi Arabia  United Arab Emirates  Bahrain  Kuwait  Qatar  Jordan  Morocco  Sudan  Egypt  Senegal	Houthi government	Ongoing Houthis dissolve Yemeni government Houthis take control of northern Yemen
Sudanese-Ethiopian clashes (2020–)	Sudan	Ethiopia ENDF Amhara Region TPLF	Ongoing Raised tensions between Sudan and Ethiopia Sudan claims to have recaptured 90% of border territory

See also[]

• East African Campaign (World War II)

Bibliography[]

First Sudanese Civil War:

• Assefa, Hizkias. 1987. Mediation of Civil Wars, Approaches and Strategies – The Sudan Conflict. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press.
• Eprile, Cecil. War and Peace in the Sudan, 1955 – 1972. David and Charles, London. 1974. ISBN 0-7153-6221-6.
• Johnson, Douglas H. 1979. "Book Review: The Secret War in the Sudan: 1955–1972 by Edgar O'Ballance". African Affairs 78 (310):132–7.
• O'Ballance, Edgar. 1977. The Secret War in the Sudan: 1955–1972. Hamden, Connecticut: Archon Books. (Faber and Faber edition ISBN 0-571-10768-0).
• Poggo, Scopas Sekwat. 1999. War and Conflict in Southern Sudan, 1955–1972. PhD Dissertation, University of California, Santa Barbara.

References[]

External links[]

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
• With Peace, Sudan Faces Hard Choices, Washington Post, 28 July 2005
• The Nuba Mountains Homepage
• Bishop calls for Churchwide day of prayer and fasting for an end to Sudan violence on 26 June 2011 – leading up to the 9 July expected day of new independence for the Southern Sudan.

War in Darfur:

• Sudan: Passion of the Present, includes list of web news and resources
• Rashdan, Abdelrahman, FAQs on DarfurIslamOnline.net. Retrieved 2007-09-13.
• Darfur Report
• Analyzing Darfur's Conflict of Definitions: Interview with Prof. Mahmood Mamdani. Retrieved 2009-03-19.
• "Khartoum bashing": an article in the TLS by Justin Willis, 7 November 2003
• Rule of Law in Armed Conflict – Sudan
• Insight on Conflict, SIRC
• The Small Arms Survey – Sudan
• Photojournalist's Account – Displacement caused by the genocide in Darfur
• ODI HPG Policy Brief: Humanitarian Advocacy in Darfur: the challenge of neutrality
• Darfur Story: an article in Islam Story by Dr Ragheb Elsergany, 16 March 2009
• Genocide – A Penn State Conversation about Darfur
• "On our Watch": PBS Frontline documentary
• Darfuri Children's Drawings at the University of South Florida
• Crisis in Darfur, Sudan, Web Archive, 2006 from the U.S. Library of Congress