June 1989 |
Omer al Basher takes power in Khartoum
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December 1990 |
Idriss Deby takes power in Chad |
1991 |
Darfur becomes a state within a federal system |
1994 |
Darfur is divided into three states |
2000 |
Publication of the Black Book detailing marginalization of Darfur |
2001 |
Organization of armed opposition in Darfur |
2001 |
Organization of armed opposition in Darfur |
February 2003 |
SLA announces its existence |
March 2003 |
JEM announces its existence |
April 2003 |
Rebels attacked the airport in El Fasher. |
July 2003 |
Janjaweed counteroffensive begins |
January 2004 |
Major government offensive begins |
March 2004 |
UN Coordinator Mukesh Kapila calls Darfur ‘ the worlds worst humanitarian crisis’ and makes a comparison to Rwanda |
July 2004 |
The US Congress unanimously recognizes the crisis as genocide |
July 2004 |
UN Security Council gives Khartoum 30 days to disarm the Janjaweed and facilitate humanitarian assistance |
September 2004 |
The World Health Organization announces that between 8000 and 10,000 refugees are dying every month |
September 2004 |
US Secretary of State Colin Powell declares Darfur to be ‘genocide’. |
November 2005 |
The death toll is estimated to be at 400,000 people |
May 5, 2006 |
A peace deal is shoved through between the Sudanese government and one rebel group. Two rebel groups however refuse to sign it. Fighting continues unabated |
August 31,2006 |
The UN Security Council approves sending peacekeeping forces into Darfur (UN Res 1706) but it requests permission of the government of Sudan, the perpetrators. Predictably, Sudan rejects the resolution |
