<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Second Sudanese Civil War </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Part of the Sudanese civil wars </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Guerrilla forces of the Sudan People's Liberation Army celebrate over a disabled tank . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 5 June 1983--9 January 2005 (21 years, 7 months and 4 days) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Blue Nile, Nuba Mountains, Southern Sudan </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> <P> Stalemate </P> <Ul> <Li> Comprehensive Peace Agreement </Li> <Li> Eastern Sudan Peace Agreement </Li> <Li> Independence of the Republic of South Sudan following a 2011 referendum </Li> <Li> Sudan--SPLM - N conflict </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Sudan </P> <Ul> <Li> Armed Forces </Li> <Li> PDF </Li> <Li> Janjaweed </Li> </Ul> SSDF SPLA - Nasir Nuer White Army Army of Peace LRA Non-combat aid: Iran </Td> <Td> <P> SPLA </P> <Ul> <Li> SPLA - Torit </Li> <Li> SPDF </Li> <Li> ALF </Li> </Ul> SSLM Anyanya II Eastern Coalition Combat aid: Uganda (from 1995) Ethiopia (1997) Eritrea (1996 - 1998) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Gaafar Nimeiry Suwar al - Dahab Sadiq al - Mahdi Omar al - Bashir </Td> <Td> John Garang Salva Kiir Mayardit Dominic Dim Deng Riek Machar Peter Par Jiek Peter Gadet </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> 1--2 million dead (mostly civilians, due to starvation and drought) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Second Sudanese Civil War </Th> </Tr>

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