2024 in Sudan

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See also:	Other events of 2024 History of Sudan

The following lists events during 2024 in the Republic of the Sudan.

Incumbents

• Chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council: Abdel Fattah al-Burhan
• Deputy Chairman of the Sovereignty Council: Malik Agar
• Prime Minister: Osman Hussein (acting)

Events

Ongoing: War in Sudan (2023–present), 2024 Sudan famine

January

• 8 January – The SPLM-N (al-Hilu) together with the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) clashes with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the Nuba Mountains, while the SAF launches airstrikes on an RSF camp in Al-Dabaibat, north of Dalang.
• 15 January – Clashes in Khartoum State kill thirteen civilians as the SAF continue their offensive in Omdurman.
• 16 January – Sudan suspends its membership of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) after accusing it of inviting RSF leaderHemedti to an upcoming summit in Kampala, Uganda.

February

• 22 February – The World Food Programme releases a report stating over 95% of Sudan's population cannot afford a meal a day.
• 26 February – Sudanese military ruler Abdel Fattah al-Burhan meets with Libyan Government of National Unity prime minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh to request help in the war in Sudan in response to the involvement of Libyan mercenaries.

March

• 12 March – The SAF says it took control of the national television and radio broadcaster in Omdurman from the RSF.

April

• 7 April – An RSF attack kills at least 20 civilians in the outskirts of Khartoum.
• 12 April – Canada pledges $132.2 million dollars to Sudan to help people affected by the country's ongoing humanitarian crisis.
• 13 April – An offensive by the RSF begins in El Fasher.
• 15 April –
  • The RSF captures Mellit, North Darfur.
  • Battle of El Fasher: At least nine civilians are killed and sixty others are injured during a renewed offensive by the RSF on El Fasher.
  • Siege of El Obeid: Five civilians are killed and ten others are injured during crossfire between the SAF and RSF.
  • The Joint Darfur Force declares war on the RSF and allies with the SAF.
• 17 April – Taqaddum leader and former Prime Minister of Sudan Abdalla Hamdok meets with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris.

May

• 12 May – Battle of El Fasher: RSF attacks on eastern El Fasher kill at least 38 civilians and injure 189 others.
• 15 May – The United States issues sanctions on RSF commanders Ali Yagoub Gibril and Osman Mohamed Hamid for their roles in the escalating violence in Darfur.

June

• 2 June –
  • Battle of El Fasher:
    • Approximately eleven civilians are killed and 42 are injured after large clashes between the RSF, the SAF, and various rebel militia groups in El Fasher.
    • UNICEF announces that over 270,000 people, including more than 130,000 children are at risk after fighting at the Golo Reservoir in El Fasher.
  • Battle of Khartoum: Seven soldiers are killed and 28 are injured after an offensive by the RSF in the area of Khartoum.
• 5 June –
  • Wad Al-Noora massacre: The RSF storm the village of Wad Al-Noora in Gezira State and massacre nearly 100 villagers.
  • Battle of El Fasher
    • Over 27,000 people from El Fasher take refuge in Jebel Marra.
• 10 June – Battle of El Fasher: The last remaining operational hospital in El Fasher closes down after being stormed and looted by the RSF, according to Médecins Sans Frontières.
• 12 June – The United Nations adds the SAF and the RSF to its list of offenders for violating children's rights.
• 14 June – The SAF kills Ali Yaqoub Gibril a US-sanctioned RSF commander amidst fierce fighting in El Fasher.
• 19 June – Sudan accuses the United Arab Emirates of arming the RSF.
• 20 June – The RSF captures Al-Fulah, the capital of West Kordofan, after the SAF withdraw from the city after several hours of fighting.
• 27 June – An Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report states that over 755,000 people in Sudan face the most severe IPC level of extreme hunger as well as the worst levels of acute food insecurity ever recorded in the country.
• 29 June – The RSF launches captures Singa, the capital of Sennar State.

July

• 4 July – Twenty-five people drown in southeast Sudan while trying to flee fighting between the SAF and the RSF.
• 5 July – Sennar offensive: The RSF captures Dinder again, after it was briefly recaptured by the SAF on 4 July. The town was first captured by the RSF on 2 July.
• 9 July – Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed meets in Port Sudan with Sudanese leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan to seek an end to the ongoing civil war in Sudan.
• 18 July – The United States pledges $203 million to help millions of civilians affected by the war in Sudan.
• 21 July – Sudan and Iran exchange ambassadors for the first time since the cutting of relations in 2016.
• 23 July – The United States invites the SAF and the RSF to ceasefire talks in Switzerland on 14 August.
• 27 July – At least 22 people are killed and 75 others are injured in a Rapid Support Forces attack on Al-Fashir, North Darfur.
• 28 July – At least twelve people are killed by extensive flooding throughout Kassala State in eastern Sudan that submerged several internal displacement camps.
• 29 July – Human Rights Watch reports widespread acts of sexual violence in the capital Khartoum, including gang rape and forced marriages commited by the army and Rapid Support Forces.

Holidays

Further information: Public holidays in Sudan

Source:

• 1 January – Independence Day
• 7 January – Coptic Christmas
• 10–13 April – Ramadan Bairam Holiday
• 15–19 June – Corban Bairam Holiday
• 7 July – Islamic New Year
• 15 September – The Prophet's Birthday
• 19 December – Revolution Day
• 25 December – Christmas Day

Art and entertainment

• List of Sudanese submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

External links

• Online calendar