Mahdist War

Target entity: Mahdist War
Context triple: [Scramble for Africa, hasKeyEvent, Mahdist War]

• A. Second Sudanese Civil War
  The Second Sudanese Civil War was a prolonged and brutal conflict from 1983 to 2005 between the Sudanese government and southern rebel groups, primarily over political power, resources, and religious and ethnic tensions, which resulted in massive casualties, displacement, and ultimately paved the way for South Sudan’s independence.
• B. North Yemen Civil War
  The North Yemen Civil War (1962–1970) was a conflict between royalist forces loyal to the Mutawakkilite Kingdom and republican revolutionaries backed by Egypt, which reshaped Yemen’s political landscape and became a major Cold War proxy war in the Middle East.
• C. First Sudanese Civil War
  The First Sudanese Civil War was a protracted conflict from 1955 to 1972 between the northern Sudanese government and southern insurgents, rooted in political, religious, and ethnic tensions that shaped Sudan’s post-independence history.
• D. Ethiopian Civil War
  The Ethiopian Civil War was a protracted conflict from 1974 to 1991 between the Marxist Derg regime and various rebel groups, which devastated the country and led to the overthrow of Ethiopia’s military government.
• E. Aden Emergency
  The Aden Emergency was a violent insurgency and period of civil unrest in the 1960s in the British-controlled port of Aden, marking a key episode in the end of British colonial rule in South Arabia.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Mahdist War
Target entity description: The Mahdist War was a late 19th-century Islamic rebellion and conflict in Sudan against Egyptian and British rule, led by Muhammad Ahmad al-Mahdi and his successors.

• A. Second Sudanese Civil War
  The Second Sudanese Civil War was a prolonged and brutal conflict from 1983 to 2005 between the Sudanese government and southern rebel groups, primarily over political power, resources, and religious and ethnic tensions, which resulted in massive casualties, displacement, and ultimately paved the way for South Sudan’s independence.
• B. North Yemen Civil War
  The North Yemen Civil War (1962–1970) was a conflict between royalist forces loyal to the Mutawakkilite Kingdom and republican revolutionaries backed by Egypt, which reshaped Yemen’s political landscape and became a major Cold War proxy war in the Middle East.
• C. First Sudanese Civil War
  The First Sudanese Civil War was a protracted conflict from 1955 to 1972 between the northern Sudanese government and southern insurgents, rooted in political, religious, and ethnic tensions that shaped Sudan’s post-independence history.
• D. Ethiopian Civil War
  The Ethiopian Civil War was a protracted conflict from 1974 to 1991 between the Marxist Derg regime and various rebel groups, which devastated the country and led to the overthrow of Ethiopia’s military government.
• E. Aden Emergency
  The Aden Emergency was a violent insurgency and period of civil unrest in the 1960s in the British-controlled port of Aden, marking a key episode in the end of British colonial rule in South Arabia.
• F. None of above. chosen