2011 in Sudan

The following lists events that happened during 2011 in Sudan.

Incumbents

 * President: Omar al-Bashir
 * Vice President:
 * Salva Kiir Mayardit (First, until July 9); then Ali Osman Taha (from September 13)
 * Ali Osman Taha (Second, until 13 September 2011); then Al-Haj Adam Youssef

January

 * January 4 – President Omar al-Bashir has reassured that should South Sudan secede, his country will still help them in a visit to Juba.
 * January 5 – A Hungarian UN peacekeeper who was abducted 90 days ago is released.
 * January 7 – Thousands enter Southern Sudan from Sudan in preparation for the referendum for independence.
 * January 8 – Several people are killed in clashes with security police in southern Sudan before tomorrow's independence referendum in the south.
 * January 9 – People in southern Sudan vote in an independence referendum for the south.
 * January 10 – Three people are killed in clashes between government forces and the Sudan Liberation Movement in northern Darfur.
 * January 12 – Estimates put the turnout of the referendum for the south's independence at over 60%, passing the threshold for the result to be declared valid.
 * January 16 – Southern Sudanese leader Salva Kiir calls on the people of the south to forgive the north for the civil war.
 * January 18 – Three Sudanese military officers are killed in clashes with rebels in western Darfur.
 * January 21 – 21 people are killed in clashes between government forces and rebels in Darfur. In the south, almost 99% of voters support splitting from the north.
 * January 25 – The government and the Sudan Liberation Army clash for the second time in a week with claims by insurgents of shooting down helicopters killing 3. The government denies this claiming that 25 rebels were killed.
 * January 30 – Hundreds of protesters take to the streets inspired by the protests in Tunisia and Egypt in Khartoum against the government, demanding resignation of President al-Bashir. The protests are met with brutal force from riot police including tear gassing and beating.
 * January 31 – A student protester is killed by riot police in Khartoum. The south also declares it will secede from Sudan on July 9, 2011, after a result of 99% in favour of independence.

February

 * February 2 – The Sudanese government accepts the results of the independence referendum in the south.
 * February 4 – Protesters in Sennar are beaten and tear gassed by riot police.
 * February 5 – 20 people are killed in a military shootout in Malakal in the south of the country.
 * February 6 – A mutiny in the Sudanese army in the south kills 30 people.
 * February 9 – Southern Sudanese minister Jimmy Lemi Milla and his bodyguard are shot dead as a result of a personal dispute.
 * February 10 – The truce in the south is broken as 16 people die in clashes in the state of Jonglei.
 * February 11 – The death toll from clashes between rebels loyal to George Athor and the military in southern Sudan rises to 100.
 * February 27 – A demonstration against electoral fraud in Khartoum is broken up by riot police.

March

 * March 8 – Rebels begin to protest after Sudan divides Darfur up into smaller states.
 * March 10 – Clashes between the government and rebels in Darfur kill 17 people.
 * March 12 – Southern Sudanese leaders accuse President al-Bashir of attempting overthrow their government.
 * March 18 – Clashes between rebels loyal to Athor and southern Sudan's government result in 70 deaths.

April

 * April 24 – 57 people are killed in clashes between the army and militia in the south.
 * April 28 – President al-Bashir threatens to not recognise South Sudan if they claim the Abyei region.

May

 * May 5 – The government passes a bill to approve the creation of two new states in Darfur's existing three, outraging rebels who see it as a way of the government to increase power.
 * May 10 – Over 80 people are killed in an attack by insurgents on a cattle camp in southern Sudan. In the Abyei region, 4 UN peacekeepers are shot.
 * May 18 – Sudanese jets bomb a village in Darfur according to the UN.
 * May 21 – Southern Sudan claims that Sudan has begun invading the Abyei region. The government takes control of it with the UN confirming the events.
 * May 22 – The United Nations Security Council demands that Sudan withdraw troops from Abyei.
 * May 24 – The UN reveals that over 20,000 people have fled Abyei to southern Sudan after the takeover of the region 3 days ago. In response to this, a southern minister resigns.
 * May 26 – Salva Kiir demands Sudan withdraw from Abyei and declares there will be no war.
 * May 31 – Kiir and al-Bashir agree to demilitarise the border at Abyei.

June

 * June 2 – Officials say nearly 100 people were killed in clashes between the north and south in Abyei.
 * June 3 – Two rebels are killed in clashes with the government in Darfur.
 * June 4 – Sudan dismisses UN calls to withdraw from Abyei.
 * June 5 – Fighting breaks out in South Kordofan between the north and south governments.
 * June 6 – Shooting is reported in the city of Kaduqli in South Kordofan.
 * June 7 – Fighting in South Kordofan kills 6 people.
 * June 10 – The south accuses the north of bombing a village in Unity State, killing 3.
 * June 19 – Monitors say the north is massing in South Kordofan amid tensions with the south.
 * June 20 – The north and south sign a ceasefire over Abyei with Ethiopian peacekeepers permitted in the region.
 * June 22 – President al-Bashir threatens to cut off pipelines of South Sudanese petroleum if a deal for oil is not agreed upon by July 1.
 * June 27 – A train carrying a southern Sudanese returnee in South Kordofan is attacked by northern Arab groups killing said returnee.
 * June 28 – President al-Bashir visits Beijing, China to discuss the south's independence that will soon be granted.

July

 * July 9 – The Republic of South Sudan secedes from Sudan becoming a sovereign state.
 * July 19 – A leaked UN report says there may have been war crimes committed in the conflict in South Kordofan.