Side by side
Sudan and South Sudan compared
Two sourced records set beside each other — the figures each nation publishes, and the events each chronicle records of the other. Compared, never graded.
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- 37
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- 9
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- 9
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- 2026-08-10
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Entangled histories
9 events in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.
- 1821
Turco-Egyptian conquest reaches Sudan
Muhammad Ali's forces conquer the Funj lands and extend Egyptian rule up the Nile, seeking gold, ivory and slaves and making Khartoum the seat of administration.
War & Rupture · from the South Sudan chronicle · Conquest, Ivory and the Slave Raids · Turco-Egyptian conquest of Sudan (1820–1824), Khartoum, Sudan (1821– )
- 1885
Mahdist revolt and the fall of Khartoum
The Mahdist uprising overruns Sudan and captures Khartoum, ending Turco-Egyptian rule and bringing further upheaval to the southern Nile peoples.
War & Rupture · from the South Sudan chronicle · Conquest, Ivory and the Slave Raids · Anglo-Egyptian Condominium
- 1898
Mahdist state crushed at Omdurman
An Anglo-Egyptian army defeats the Mahdist forces at Omdurman, clearing the way for the reconquest of Sudan, including the south.
War & Rupture · from the South Sudan chronicle · Conquest, Ivory and the Slave Raids · Anglo-Egyptian Condominium
- 1899
Anglo-Egyptian Condominium established
Britain and Egypt establish joint rule over Sudan, with the largely Christian and traditionalist south administered separately from the Arab-Muslim north.
Colonisation · from the South Sudan chronicle · The Condominium and the Southern Policy · Anglo-Egyptian Condominium, History of South Sudan
- 1947
Juba Conference
Northern and southern representatives meet at Juba to discuss the south's place in a future Sudan, but southern delegates have little leverage over the outcome.
Politics & Power · from the South Sudan chronicle · The Condominium and the Southern Policy · History of South Sudan
- 1 Jan 1956
Sudan's independence; the south sidelined
Sudan becomes independent under a northern-dominated government, with southern demands for federalism largely unmet.
Independence · from the South Sudan chronicle · Marginalisation and Two Civil Wars · History of South Sudan
- 27 Feb 1972
Addis Ababa Agreement
The Addis Ababa Agreement ends the seventeen-year first war, granting the south a single autonomous region and integrating Anyanya fighters into Sudan's forces.
Politics & Power · from the South Sudan chronicle · Marginalisation and Two Civil Wars · Sudan: The Addis Ababa Agreement, Addis Ababa Agreement (1972)
- Jul 2005
Death of John Garang
Weeks after becoming Sudan's first vice-president, John Garang dies in a helicopter crash; Salva Kiir Mayardit succeeds him as SPLM leader and southern president.
Politics & Power · from the South Sudan chronicle · Peace, Referendum and a New State · South Sudan: The 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement, Conflict, Independence, Ten Years Later: Taking Stock of Sudan's Comprehensive Peace Agreement
- 9 July 2011
South Sudan secedes
After a referendum, South Sudan becomes independent, taking most of the former Sudan's oil with it.
Independence · from the Sudan chronicle · Darfur, Secession and the War of the Generals · Sudan, Independence of South Sudan