2025 in Sudan

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See also:	Other events of 2025 History of Sudan

The following lists events during 2025 in the Republic of the Sudan .

Incumbents

• Chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council: Abdel Fattah al-Burhan
• Deputy Chairman of the Sovereignty Council: Malik Agar
• Prime Minister: Osman Hussein (acting)

Events

Ongoing: Sudanese civil war (2023–present), 2024 Sudan famine

January

• 7 January – The United States officially declares that the Rapid Support Forces are committing genocide in Sudan and imposes sanctions on its leader, Hemedti. ^[1]
• 11 January – The Sudanese Armed Forces says it has retaken control of Wad Madani, the capital of Gezira State. from the RSF. ^[2]
• 16 January – The US imposes sanctions on SAF chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan for the army's conduct in the civil war. ^[3]

February

• 19 February – The Sudanese government announces unspecified amendments to the Transitional Constitutional Declaration serving as the country's provisional constitution since 2019. ^[4]
• 20–22 February – At least 58 people die while 1,300 others fall ill following an outbreak of cholera in Kosti. ^{[5] [6]}
• 23 February –
  • The RSF and allied groups sign a charter establishing a parallel government "government of peace and unity" in Sudan following a meeting in Nairobi, Kenya. ^[7]
  • The SAF lifts the RSF's two-year siege of El Obeid. ^[8]
• 25 February – An SAF Antonov An-26 transport aircraft crashes into a residential area in Omdurman during takeoff from Wadi Seidna Air Base, killing at least 46 people including senior SAF officials. ^[9]

March

• 14 March – The Sudanese government orders a ban on imports from Kenya, citing national security concerns amid criticism over the latter's hosting of the RSF. ^[10]
• 21 March – The SAF says it has retaken the Presidential Palace in Khartoum from the RSF. ^[11]
• 26 March – SAF commander Abdel Fattah al-Burhan proclaims the liberation of Khartoum from the RSF. ^[12]

Holidays

Further information: Public holidays in Sudan

Source: ^[13]

• 1 January – Independence Day
• 7 January – Coptic Christmas
• 30 March – 2 April – Ramadan Bairam Holiday
• 5–9 June – Corban Bairam Holiday
• 26 June – Islamic New Year
• 4 September – The Prophet's Birthday
• 19 December – Revolution Day
• 25 December – Christmas Day

Art and entertainment

• List of Sudanese submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

References

1. "US says Sudan's RSF committed genocide, announces sanctions on leaders". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
2. "Sudanese army claims capture of key eastern city from rebels". BBC. 12 January 2025. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
3. Lewis, David; Psaledakis, Daphne (16 January 2025). "US issues sanctions on Sudanese army chief Burhan". Reuters . Retrieved 16 January 2025.
4. "Sudan revises transitional declaration, Burhan signals potential for independent PM". Sudan Tribune. 19 February 2025. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
5. "Cholera kills 58 and sickens about 1,300 others over 3 days in a Sudanese city, health officials say". AP News. 22 February 2025. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
6. Gleaner, Jamaica (8 March 2025). "Nearly 100 people died of cholera in less than a month in Sudan's White Nile State". Suriname Times. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
7. "Sudan's RSF, allies sign charter for rival government". France 24. 23 February 2025. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
8. "Sudanese army ends RSF's two-year siege of El Obeid". Sudan Tribune. 23 February 2025.
9. "Death toll in Sudan military plane crash rises to 46". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
10. "Sudan bans all imports from Kenya after it hosted civil war rivals". BBC. 14 March 2025. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
11. "Sudan army recaptures presidential palace after two years of war". BBC. 21 March 2025. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
12. "'Khartoum is free' says Sudan Army chief al-Burhan after airport captured". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 26 March 2025.
13. "Sudan Public Holidays 2025". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 24 October 2024.

External links

• Online calendar

• 2020s portal
• Current events portal