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The following lists events that happened during 2011 in Sudan.

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Events

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January

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  • 4 January – President Omar al-Bashir has reassured that should South Sudan secede, his country will still help them in a visit to Juba.[1]
  • 5 January – A Hungarian UN peacekeeper who was abducted 90 days ago is released.[2]
  • 7 January – Thousands enter Southern Sudan from Sudan in preparation for the referendum for independence.[3]
  • 8 January – Several people are killed in clashes with security police in southern Sudan before tomorrow's independence referendum in the south.[4]
  • 9 January – People in southern Sudan vote in an independence referendum for the south.[5]
  • 10 January – Three people are killed in clashes between government forces and the Sudan Liberation Movement in northern Darfur.[6]
  • 12 January – 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.[7]
  • 16 January – Southern Sudanese leader Salva Kiir calls on the people of the south to forgive the north for the civil war.[8]
  • 18 January – Three Sudanese military officers are killed in clashes with rebels in western Darfur.[9]
  • 21–21 January people are killed in clashes between government forces and rebels in Darfur.[10] In the south, almost 99% of voters support splitting from the north.[11]
  • 25 January – 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.[12]
  • 30 January – 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.[13]
  • 31 January – A student protester is killed by riot police in Khartoum.[14] The south also declares it will secede from Sudan on 9 July 2011, after a result of 99% in favour of independence.[15]

February

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  • 2 February – The Sudanese government accepts the results of the independence referendum in the south.[16]
  • 4 February – Protesters in Sennar are beaten and tear gassed by riot police.[17]
  • 5–20 February people are killed in a military shootout in Malakal in the south of the country.[18]
  • 6 February – A mutiny in the Sudanese army in the south kills 30 people.[19]
  • 9 February – Southern Sudanese minister Jimmy Lemi Milla and his bodyguard are shot dead as a result of a personal dispute.[20]
  • 10 February – The truce in the south is broken as 16 people die in clashes in the state of Jonglei.[21]
  • 11 February – The death toll from clashes between rebels loyal to George Athor and the military in southern Sudan rises to 100.[22]
  • 27 February – A demonstration against electoral fraud in Khartoum is broken up by riot police.[23]

March

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  • 8 March – Rebels begin to protest after Sudan divides Darfur up into smaller states.[24]
  • 10 March – Clashes between the government and rebels in Darfur kill 17 people.[25]
  • 12 March – Southern Sudanese leaders accuse President al-Bashir of attempting overthrow their government.[26]
  • 18 March – Clashes between rebels loyal to Athor and southern Sudan's government result in 70 deaths.[27]

April

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  • 24 April – 57 people are killed in clashes between the army and militia in the south.[28]
  • 28 April – President al-Bashir threatens to not recognise South Sudan if they claim the Abyei region.[29]

May

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  • 5 May – 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.[30]
  • 10 May – Over 80 people are killed in an attack by insurgents on a cattle camp in southern Sudan.[31] In the Abyei region, 4 UN peacekeepers are shot.[32]
  • 18 May – Sudanese jets bomb a village in Darfur according to the UN.[33]
  • 21 May – Southern Sudan claims that Sudan has begun invading the Abyei region.[34] The government takes control of it with the UN confirming the events.[35]
  • 22 May – The United Nations Security Council demands that Sudan withdraw troops from Abyei.[36]
  • 24 May – The UN reveals that over 20,000 people have fled Abyei to southern Sudan after the takeover of the region 3 days ago.[37] In response to this, a southern minister resigns.[38]
  • 26 May – Salva Kiir demands Sudan withdraw from Abyei and declares there will be no war.[39]
  • 31 May – Kiir and al-Bashir agree to demilitarise the border at Abyei.[40]

June

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  • 2 June – Officials say nearly 100 people were killed in clashes between the north and south in Abyei.[41]
  • 3 June – Two rebels are killed in clashes with the government in Darfur.[42]
  • 4 June – Sudan dismisses UN calls to withdraw from Abyei.[43]
  • 5 June – Fighting breaks out in South Kordofan between the north and south governments.[44]
  • 6 June – Shooting is reported in the city of Kaduqli in South Kordofan.[45]
  • 7 June – Fighting in South Kordofan kills 6 people.[46]
  • 10 June – The south accuses the north of bombing a village in Unity State, killing 3.[47]
  • 19 June – Monitors say the north is massing in South Kordofan amid tensions with the south.[48]
  • 20 June – The north and south sign a ceasefire over Abyei with Ethiopian peacekeepers permitted in the region.[49]
  • 22 June – President al-Bashir threatens to cut off pipelines of South Sudanese petroleum if a deal for oil is not agreed upon by 1 July.[50]
  • 27 June – A train carrying a southern Sudanese returnee in South Kordofan is attacked by northern Arab groups killing said returnee.[51]
  • 28 June – President al-Bashir visits Beijing, China to discuss the south's independence that will soon be granted.[52]

July

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  • 9 July – The Republic of South Sudan secedes from Sudan becoming a sovereign state.
  • 19 July – A leaked UN report says there may have been war crimes committed in the conflict in South Kordofan.[53]

August

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September

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October

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November

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December

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References

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  1. ↑ "Sudan leader Bashir reassures south ahead of referendum". Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "Sudan: Unamid Peacekeeper Released After 90 Days of Captivity".
  3. ↑ "Thousands flock to south Sudan".
  4. ↑ "Deadly clashes ahead of Sudan vote".
  5. ↑ "Southern Sudan votes on independence".
  6. ↑ "Firefight in Sudan's Darfur Kills Three People, UN Reports".
  7. ↑ "South Sudan vote 'passes threshold'".
  8. ↑ "South Sudan leader Kiir urges forgiveness for civil war".
  9. ↑ "Gunfire Kills Three Sudanese Officers in Darfur, UN Reports".
  10. ↑ "Sudan army, Darfur rebel clash kills 21: military".
  11. ↑ "Almost 99 percent choose south Sudan split".
  12. ↑ "Darfur rebels and Sudan army in second clash in week".
  13. ↑ "Sudan police clash with protesters".
  14. ↑ "Sudanese student dies after protests: activists". Archived from the original on 14 August 2012.
  15. ↑ "South Sudan referendum: 99% vote for independence".
  16. ↑ "Sudanese accept south's vote to secede".
  17. ↑ "Police beat, arrest Sudanese at short-lived protests".
  18. ↑ "Fighting erupts in southern Sudan".
  19. ↑ "Fighting in south Sudan kills 30".
  20. ↑ "South Sudan minister shot dead".
  21. ↑ "Clashes break south Sudan truce".
  22. ↑ "South Sudan clashes with Athor in Jonglei: '100 dead'".
  23. ↑ "Sudan clamps down on election protest".
  24. ↑ "Darfur to be cut into smaller states; rebel protest". Archived from the original on 14 May 2012.
  25. ↑ "Sudan army, Darfur rebel clash kills 17: military". Archived from the original on 10 March 2011.
  26. ↑ "South Sudan accuses President Bashir of plot".
  27. ↑ "South Sudan: SPLA and Athor clashes 'kill scores'".
  28. ↑ "South Sudan clashes between army and militia kill 57".
  29. ↑ "Sudan: Bashir threatens south over Abyei".
  30. ↑ "Sudan divides Darfur in five smaller states".
  31. ↑ "More than 80 killed in south Sudan violence: army". Archived from the original on 20 May 2011.
  32. ↑ "Four UN peacekeepers wounded in shooting in Sudan's Abyei area".
  33. ↑ "Sudan jets bomb Darfur village, says UN".
  34. ↑ "South Sudan reports new northern attack in Abyei". Archived from the original on 11 August 2011.
  35. ↑ "North Sudan army takes control of border town Abyei".
  36. ↑ "U.N. urges Sudan army to pull out of Abyei positions".
  37. ↑ "At least 20,000 flee violence in Sudan's Abyei-UN".
  38. ↑ "Sudan's Abyei dispute: Minister Luka Biong Deng resigns".
  39. ↑ "S.Sudan says there will be no war over Abyei".
  40. ↑ "North and South Sudan Tentatively Agree to Demilitarize Disputed Border".
  41. ↑ "Nearly 100 civilians killed in Abyei, official says". Archived from the original on 18 September 2012.
  42. ↑ "Darfur rebels say clash with government troops". Archived from the original on 11 August 2011.
  43. ↑ "N.Sudan dismisses UN call for troops to quit Abyei". Archived from the original on 11 August 2011.
  44. ↑ "Clashes reported in Sudan flashpoint state". Archived from the original on 10 June 2011.
  45. ↑ "Shooting reported in Sudan flashpoint state's capital". Archived from the original on 18 September 2012.
  46. ↑ "Fighting kills six in Sudan's South Kordofan: UN". Archived from the original on 18 September 2012.
  47. ↑ "Sudan: SPLA accuses Khartoum of bombing Unity State".
  48. ↑ "Monitor says north army masses in Sudan oil state". Archived from the original on 21 September 2012.
  49. ↑ "North and South Sudan sign pact over Abyei".
  50. ↑ "Sudan to block oil pipeline if south will not pay".
  51. ↑ "South Sudan returnee train attacked in South Kordofan".
  52. ↑ "Sudan's Bashir in China for talks".
  53. ↑ "UN call for S Kordofan war crimes probe".