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Northern Sudan was settled by the Egyptians and converted to
Coptic Christianity in the 6th Century. In the 15th Century,
Arab conquests brought Islam. In the 1820s Egypt took over the
Sudan and in the 1880s a revolution was led by Mohammed Ahmed who
called himself Mahdi (leader of the faithful). In 1898 an Anglo-
Egyptian force crushed the Mahdi's successors and in 1951 the
Egyptian Parliament amended its constitution to provide for an
independent Sudanese constitution. Sudan voted for complete
independence on January 1, 1956 and Gen. Ibrahim Abboud took
power in 1958 but resigned in 1964. In 1969 a military coup took
control announcing the implementation of a socialist state. The
northern Arab-Moslem provinces have maintained substantial
control and power over the central government. The southern
provinces, made up of predominately Negro and pagan inhabitants,
were given regional autonomy in 1972. In May of 1970, many
businesses were nationalized. Economic problems have continued
to plague the country during the 1980s as well as an influx of
refugees from neighboring countries. President Nimeiry was
overthrown in a bloodless military coup on April 6, 1985 and
Sudan held a democratic parliamentary election in 1986, the first
in 18 years. @