2024 in Sudan

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Decades:	2000s 2010s 2020s
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

• 8 January – The SPLM-N (al-Hilu) together with the SAF clashed with the RSF in the Nuba Mountains, while the SAF launched airstrikes on an RSF camp in Al-Dabaibat, north of Dalang.^[1]
• 15 January – Clashes in Khartoum State kill thirteen civilians as the Sudanese Armed Forces continue their offensive in Omdurman.^[2]
• 16 January – Sudan suspends its membership of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) after accusing it of inviting Rapid Support Forces official Hemedti to an upcoming summit in Kampala, Uganda.^[3]
• 22 February – The World Food Programme releases a report stating over 95% of Sudan's population cannot afford a meal a day.^[4]
• 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 as Libyan mercenaries keep getting involved there.^[5]
• 12 March – The Sudanese Army says it took control of the national television and radio broadcaster in Omdurman from the Rapid Support Forces.^[6]
• 7 April – A RSF attack kills at least 20 civilians in the outskirts of Khartoum.^[7]
• 12 April – Canada pledges $132.2 million dollars to Sudan to help people affected by the country's ongoing humanitarian crisis.^[8]
• 13 April – An offensive by the Rapid Support Forces begins in El Fasher.^[9]
• 15 April –
  • The Rapid Support Forces capture Mellit, North Darfur.^[10]
  • Battle of El Fasher: At least nine civilians are killed and sixty others are injured during a renewed offensive by the Rapid Support Forces on the city of El Fasher.^[11]
  • Aftermath of the Siege of El Obeid: Five civilians are killed and ten others are injured during crossfire between the Sudanese Armed Forces and Rapid Support Forces.^[12]
  • The Joint Darfur Force declares war on the Rapid Support Forces and allies with the Sudanese Armed Forces.^[13]
• 17 April – Taqaddum leader and former Prime Minister of Sudan Abdalla Hamdok meets with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris.^[14]
• 12 May – Battle of El Fasher: Fighting during RSF attacks on eastern El Fasher, over the weekend, kill at least 38 civilians and injure 189 others amid fears of an all out RSF assault on the city.^[15]
• 15 May – The United States issues sanctions on two commanders of the Rapid Support Forces, Ali Yagoub Gibril and Osman Mohamed Hamid, for their roles in the escalating violence in Darfur.^[16]
• 2 June –
  • Battle of El Fasher:
    • Approximately eleven civilians are killed and 42 are injured after large clashes between the RSF, the Sudanese Armed Forces, and various rebel militia groups in El Fasher.^[17]
    • The 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.^[18]
  • Battle of Khartoum: Seven soldiers are killed and 28 are injured after an offensive by the Rapid Support Forces in the area of Khartoum.^[19]
• 5 June –
  • Wad Al-Noora massacre: The Rapid Support Forces storm the village of Wad Al-Noora in Gezira State and massacre nearly 100 villagers.^[20]
  • 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 Al-Fashir, North Darfur, closes down after being stormed and looted by the Rapid Support Forces, according to Médecins Sans Frontières.^[21]
• 12 June – The United Nations adds the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces to its list of offenders for violating children's rights.^[22]
• 14 June – Sudanese Armed Forces killed Ali Yaqoub Gibril a US-sanctioned Rapid Support Forces commander amidst fierce fighting in Battle of El Fasher.^[23]
• 19 June – Sudan accuses the United Arab Emirates of arming the Rapid Support Forces.^[24]
• 20 June – The Rapid Support Forces captures Al-Fulah, the capital of West Kordofan, after the Sudanese Armed Forces withdraw from the city after several hours of fighting.^[25]
• 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.^[26]
• 29 June – The Rapid Support Forces launch an assault and capture the town of Singa, the capital of Sennar State.^[27]
• 4 July – Twenty-five people drown in southeast Sudan while trying to flee fighting between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces.^[28]
• 5 July – Sennar offensive: The Rapid Support Forces 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.^[29]
• 9 July – Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed meets in Port Sudan with Sudanese Transitional Sovereignty Council leader and armed forces commander Abdel Fattah al-Burhan to seek an end to the Sudanese Civil War.^[30]
• 18 July – The United States will give an extra $203 million to help millions of civilians affected by the war in Sudan.^[31]

Holidays

Source:^[32]

• 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

References

External links

• Online calendar