2011 In Sudan

The following lists events that happened during 2011 in Sudan.

Events

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 9th, 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

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