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
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
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
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
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]
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
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]
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