Sources: The Independent
In a meeting between U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Chairman of the Sovereignty Council of Sudan Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the United States proposed removing Sudan from the U.S. state sponsors of terrorism list for $330 million compensation. The payment would allegedly go to American victims of Al-Qaida but ministers, opposition leaders, and other people in the country have expressed anger at the prospect of a multimillion-dollar payment to the United States. 2020-08-26
Sudan's former president Omar al-Bashir goes on trial for several charges, including fomenting a coup in 1989 that overthrew the government of Sadiq al-Mahdi. The trial is adjourned to a bigger courtroom. If convicted, 76-year-old al-Bashir could face the death penalty. 2020-07-21
Suspected Sudanese ivory poachers shoot dead an unknown number of elephants at the Dzanga-Ndoki National Park world heritage site in the Central African Republic, close to the border with Cameroon and the Republic of the Congo. 2013-05-9
Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir visits South Sudan for the first time since the country won its independence in 2011 to meet with President Salva Kiir. 2013-04-12
Two gunmen kill a Sudanese employee of the UN World Food Programme (WFP) in the southern border state of South Kordofan, Sudan. 2012-08-5
The United Nations Security Council calls on Sudan to withdraw its forces. 2011-05-22
At least 50 people have died in a mutiny of the Sudan People's Armed Forces in southern Sudan. 2011-02-6
The Sudanese government closes down Ahlia University and the Islamic University of Omdurman following an anti-government protest in which at least one student died. 2011-01-31
Darfur peace talks are threatened by new violence as Sudanese army steps up military operations against a major Darfur rebel faction. 2010-03-12