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The following lists events that happened during 2011 in Sudan.

• President: Omar al-Bashir
• Vice President:
  • Salva Kiir Mayardit (First, until July 9); then Ali Osman Taha (from September 13)
  • Ali Osman Taha (Second, until 13 September 2011); then Al-Haj Adam Youssef

• January 4 – President Omar al-Bashir has reassured that should South Sudan secede, his country will still help them in a visit to Juba.^[1]
• January 5 – A Hungarian UN peacekeeper who was abducted 90 days ago is released.^[2]
• January 7 – Thousands enter Southern Sudan from Sudan in preparation for the referendum for independence.^[3]
• January 8 – Several people are killed in clashes with security police in southern Sudan before tomorrow's independence referendum in the south.^[4]
• January 9 – People in southern Sudan vote in an independence referendum for the south.^[5]
• January 10 – Three people are killed in clashes between government forces and the Sudan Liberation Movement in northern Darfur.^[6]
• January 12 – 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]
• January 16 – Southern Sudanese leader Salva Kiir calls on the people of the south to forgive the north for the civil war.^[8]
• January 18 – Three Sudanese military officers are killed in clashes with rebels in western Darfur.^[9]
• January 21 – 21 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]
• January 25 – 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]
• January 30 – 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]
• January 31 – A student protester is killed by riot police in Khartoum.^[14] The south also declares it will secede from Sudan on July 9, 2011, after a result of 99% in favour of independence.^[15]

• February 2 – The Sudanese government accepts the results of the independence referendum in the south.^[16]
• February 4 – Protesters in Sennar are beaten and tear gassed by riot police.^[17]
• February 5 – 20 people are killed in a military shootout in Malakal in the south of the country.^[18]
• February 6 – A mutiny in the Sudanese army in the south kills 30 people.^[19]
• February 9 – Southern Sudanese minister Jimmy Lemi Milla and his bodyguard are shot dead as a result of a personal dispute.^[20]
• February 10 – The truce in the south is broken as 16 people die in clashes in the state of Jonglei.^[21]
• February 11 – The death toll from clashes between rebels loyal to George Athor and the military in southern Sudan rises to 100.^[22]
• February 27 – A demonstration against electoral fraud in Khartoum is broken up by riot police.^[23]

• March 8 – Rebels begin to protest after Sudan divides Darfur up into smaller states.^[24]
• March 10 – Clashes between the government and rebels in Darfur kill 17 people.^[25]
• March 12 – Southern Sudanese leaders accuse President al-Bashir of attempting overthrow their government.^[26]
• March 18 – Clashes between rebels loyal to Athor and southern Sudan's government result in 70 deaths.^[27]

• April 24 – 57 people are killed in clashes between the army and militia in the south.^[28]
• April 28 – President al-Bashir threatens to not recognise South Sudan if they claim the Abyei region.^[29]

• May 5 – 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]
• May 10 – 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]
• May 18 – Sudanese jets bomb a village in Darfur according to the UN.^[33]
• May 21 – 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]
• May 22 – The United Nations Security Council demands that Sudan withdraw troops from Abyei.^[36]
• May 24 – 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]
• May 26 – Salva Kiir demands Sudan withdraw from Abyei and declares there will be no war.^[39]
• May 31 – Kiir and al-Bashir agree to demilitarise the border at Abyei.^[40]

• June 2 – Officials say nearly 100 people were killed in clashes between the north and south in Abyei.^[41]
• June 3 – Two rebels are killed in clashes with the government in Darfur.^[42]
• June 4 – Sudan dismisses UN calls to withdraw from Abyei.^[43]
• June 5 – Fighting breaks out in South Kordofan between the north and south governments.^[44]
• June 6 – Shooting is reported in the city of Kaduqli in South Kordofan.^[45]
• June 7 – Fighting in South Kordofan kills 6 people.^[46]
• June 10 – The south accuses the north of bombing a village in Unity State, killing 3.^[47]
• June 19 – Monitors say the north is massing in South Kordofan amid tensions with the south.^[48]
• June 20 – The north and south sign a ceasefire over Abyei with Ethiopian peacekeepers permitted in the region.^[49]
• June 22 – President al-Bashir threatens to cut off pipelines of South Sudanese petroleum if a deal for oil is not agreed upon by July 1.^[50]
• June 27 – A train carrying a southern Sudanese returnee in South Kordofan is attacked by northern Arab groups killing said returnee.^[51]
• June 28 – President al-Bashir visits Beijing, China to discuss the south's independence that will soon be granted.^[52]

• July 9 – The Republic of South Sudan secedes from Sudan becoming a sovereign state.
• July 19 – A leaked UN report says there may have been war crimes committed in the conflict in South Kordofan.^[53]