Question: when did the civil war in sudan start
Answer: Date 5 June 1983 -- 9 January 2005 ( 21 years , 7 months and 4 days ) Location Blue Nile , Nuba Mountains , Southern Sudan Result Stalemate Comprehensive Peace Agreement Eastern Sudan Peace Agreement Independence of the Republic of South Sudan following a 2011 referendum Sudan -- SPLM - N conflict Belligerents Sudan Armed Forces PDF Janjaweed SSDF SPLA - Nasir Nuer White Army Army of Peace LRA Non-combat aid : Iran SPLA SPLA - Torit SPDF ALF SSLM Anyanya II Eastern Coalition Combat aid : Uganda ( from 1995 ) Ethiopia ( 1997