February 13 – Sudan said it has reached a settlement in the USS Cole bombing, a first step in being removed from the designation as a state supporter of terrorism.[4]
Sudan stopped issuing visas for, and flights to, eight countries, including Italy and neighbouring Egypt, over fears of the coronavirus outbreak.[6]
April
April 22 – Sudan reports 13 deaths and 140 confirmed cases of COVID-19, but there are fears that the actual number is much higher as people only go to the hospital when they are very sick. The government has increased its health budget by 200%, but $120 million to fight the new virus and $150 million to cover medicines until June is still needed. Importing equipment and medicine is difficult as suppliers prioritize their own countries.[7]
April 29 – Representatives from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) visit Sudan to rally support and recruit fighters for Libya's Khalifa Haftar.[8]
May 6 – Fighting between Arabs and non-Arabs in South Darfur, Sudan, leaves thirty dead and a dozen wounded.[10]
May 12 – Sudan pushes Ethiopia to resume discussion related to the $4.6 billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Nile River that officials say will start filling in July.[11]
May 13 – In the third incident of armed violence this month, 24 people, including paratroopers are killed in Kaduqli, Sudan.[12]
May 23 – Sudan announces the formation of a special police force to prevent attacks on health workers. The country has reported at least 63 deaths from COVID-19 among around 3,380 confirmed cases of the coronavirus. There have been two dozen attacks on health workers over the past two months.[13]
June
June 2 – Sudan appoints Maj. Gen. Yassin Ibrahim Yassin as its new Defense Minister.[14]
June 9 – Sudanese militia leader Ali Kushayb, is arrested and charged with 50 crimes against humanity and war crimes in the War in Darfur.[15]
July 13 – Sudanese security forces violently break up a protest camp in North Darfur, killing at least protester and wounding a dozen others, including four children, activists.[18]
July 24
Mass graves likely tied to a 1990 coup attempt against former President Omar al-Bashir in Sudan are discovered.[19]
July – Gold hunters used heavy machinery to excavate the two millennia-old Jabal Maragha archaeological site in the Bayuda Desert, destroying it. The gold diggers were arrested and their equipment seized, but they were later released without charges in July 2020.[22][23]
August
August 22 – Prime Minister Abdallá Hamdok announces that Sudan is willing to turn former dictator Omar al-Bashir over to the International Criminal Court.[24]
August 30 – Ninety people die and hundreds of homes are destroyed in torrential rains.[25]
September 4 – Record water levels of 17.57 metres (57.6ft) on the Blue Nile kill 94 and destroy 60,000 homes. Rain is expected to continue throughout the month. Some experts, such as International Rivers, expect climate change to cause periodic bouts of drought and flooding in the future.[27] Authorities declare a three-month long state of emergency.
September 17 – Filmmaker Hajooj Kuka is among the five Sudanaese artists convicted on charges of public disturbance and violating public safety measures in Khartoum in a demonstration against dictator Omar al-Bashir in 2019. Six others are awaiting similar charges.[29]
December 9 – General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan says the transitional council has failed in its mission to bring about civilian rule.[34]
December 15 – Sudan says that "Ethiopian forces and militias" ambushed Sudanese army forces near Jabal Abutiour, Sudan. Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok visited Ethiopia briefly on December 13 to discuss the security situation.[35]
December 23 – War in Darfur: The United Nations says it will withdraw its forces from Darfur on December 31, 2020. A peace agreement was signed in October of this year, but some groups, including Amnesty International, have called for an extension of the UNAMID mission.[36]
December 27 – The government sends troops to South Darfur after ethnic fighting ends with 15 deaths in a dispute over water rights.[37]
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