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A court in Port Sudan sentences Rapid Support Forces leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo and 15 other members to death in absentia for their roles in war crimes in the Darfur region during the ongoing civil war in the country including the assassination of former West Darfur governor Khamis Abbakar in 2023 during the Battle of Geneina.
2026-07-12

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights reports paramilitary attacks in Darfur, Sudan, left 89 civilians dead in 10 days.
2025-08-22

At least 35 people are killed during an eight-day fight over a dispute about camel looting between herders in Jebel Moon, Darfur, Sudan. Sixteen villages and thousands of homes are also set on fire.
2021-11-25

Voting for a referendum begins in Darfur, Sudan. Voters will be asked during the three-day referendum to decide on the permanent administrative status of the region. The choices are for the creation of a Darfur Region composed of the States of Darfur, or the retention of the status quo states system. Darfur is currently divided into five states. Voters will decide this week whether the area should go back to being one region, as it was until 1994. However, there are fears of voter apathy and if the referendum will be credible.
2016-04-11

Hundreds of delegates meet in Doha, Qatar, to raise funds to rebuild the Sudanese region of Darfur, that has been racked by conflict.
2013-04-7

The United Nations claims that Sudan has bombed a village in Darfur.
2011-05-18

Darfur is to be divided into smaller states by Sudan, causing rebels in the region to protest.
2011-03-8

Rebel groups in the Darfur region of Sudan clash with government forces, three days after resuming ceasefire negotiations.
2010-12-24

Two Russian pilots are abducted in Sudan's western Darfur region.
2010-08-30

Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir could still face charges of genocide in Darfur.
2010-02-8