Sudan: Three decades under Bashir

Here are key dates in Sudan since Omar al-Bashir seized power three decades ago, after he was ousted on Thursday by the military following months of protests against his iron-fisted rule.

1989: In June 1989 army brigadier Bashir and a group of officers seize power in a coup backed by Islamists, toppling the elected government.

Sudan then hosts radical Islamists, including Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden who remains until 1996.

2003: A rebellion erupts in 2003 in the western region of Darfur, which complains of economic and political marginalisation.

The conflict goes on to kill 300,000 people and displace nearly 2.5 million, according to UN figures, before diminishing.

The International Criminal Court in 2009 indicts Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur, and a year later for genocide. He denies the charges.

2005: Khartoum signs a peace treaty in 2005 with rebels in the south of the country, ending a 21-year civil war that left two million people dead.

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