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A civil war between two major rival factions of the military government of Sudan, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) under Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and its allies (collectively the Janjaweed coalition) under the Janjaweed leader Hemedti, began during Ramadan on 15 April 2023. [22]
Three people were killed after being hit by an RSF anti-aircraft missile in El Fasher that originally targeted an SAF airdrop. The SAF claimed to have shot down an RSF suicide drone over Shendi. [246] The UN Security Council voted unanimously to extend its weapons embargo and other sanctions relating to the war in Sudan until 2025. [247]
The following is a timeline of the Sudanese civil war (2023–present) in 2023. This timeline is a dynamic and fluid list, and as such may never satisfy criteria of completeness. Moreover, some events may only be fully understood and/or discovered in retrospect.
Since gaining independence in 1956, Sudan has witnessed a protracted series of coups d'état, totalling 19 coup attempts, of which 7 were successful, [1] [note 1] which places Sudan as the African nation with the most coup attempts [2] and it ranks second globally, just behind Bolivia, which has recorded 23 coup attempts since 1950. [3]
Second Sudanese Civil War: Background Q & A: The Darfur Crisis, Esther Pan, Council on Foreign Relations, cfr.org; Price of Peace in Africa: Agreement in Sudan Between Government and Rebel; Photojournalist's Account – Displacement of Sudan's second civil war; In pictures: Sudan trek – of returning refugees after the war, BBC, 14 June 2005
More than one million people have fled Sudan to neighboring countries since April, according to the United Nations, as fighting between two warring factions plunges the country into civil war.
The UN lifted sanctions against Sudan. October: United States Senator John Danforth was appointed Special Envoy to Sudan. November: The United States imposed sanctions on Sudan. 2002: January: A ceasefire was agreed between the government and the SPLA. 20 July: Second Sudanese Civil War: The Machakos Protocol ended the nineteen-year civil war ...
Abobaker Eisa says the "bigger cause" of the Sudanese civil war has been a motivating factor in their ... Sudan, ranked 110th in the world, were third seeds in their group when the 2025 Afcon ...