Timeline:Sudan - Revision history

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	* Port Sudan detainees launch hunger strike over ‘endless’ trial delays - dabanga		* Port Sudan detainees launch hunger strike over ‘endless’ trial delays - dabanga
	* South Sudan: Two UN peacekeepers killed, seven injured - africanews		* South Sudan: Two UN peacekeepers killed, seven injured - africanews
			* Sudan announces it intercepted a drone coming from Ethiopia. - rfi_afrique
	* Sudan announces it intercepted a drone from Ethiopia - rfi_afrique		* Sudan announces it intercepted a drone from Ethiopia - rfi_afrique
	* US moots expanding Darfur arms embargo to cover drones and all of Sudan - dabanga		* US moots expanding Darfur arms embargo to cover drones and all of Sudan - dabanga
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			* According to UNHCR statistics, more than 1.1 million refugees and asylum seekers lived in Sudan in August 2019. - Wikipedia
			* Affad 23 is an archaeological site located in the Affad region of southern Dongola Reach in northern Sudan, which hosts "the well-preserved remains of prehistoric camps (relics of the oldest open-air hut in the world) and diverse hunting and gathering loci some 50,000 years old". - Wikipedia
			* Anthropological and archaeological research indicates that during the predynastic period Nubia and Nagadan Upper Egypt were ethnically and culturally nearly identical, and thus, simultaneously evolved systems of pharaonic kingship by 3300 BC. - Wikipedia
			* Apart from these, the UNHCR report 1,864,195 Internally displaced persons (IDP's). - Wikipedia
	* Area: 1,861,484 sq km - CIA World Factbook		* Area: 1,861,484 sq km - CIA World Factbook
			* Aside from being a refugee-generating country, Sudan also hosts a large population of refugees from other countries. - Wikipedia
			* At the same time European militaries contributed to the development of Sudanese music by introducing new instruments and styles; military bands, especially the Scottish bagpipes, were renowned, and set traditional music to military march music. - Wikipedia
	* Background: After the fall of Kush, the Nubians formed three Christian kingdoms of Nobatia, Makuria, and Alodia, with the latter two enduring until around 1500. - CIA World Factbook		* Background: After the fall of Kush, the Nubians formed three Christian kingdoms of Nobatia, Makuria, and Alodia, with the latter two enduring until around 1500. - CIA World Factbook
	* Background: By the 11th century B.C., the Kingdom of Kush gained independence from Egypt; it lasted in various forms until the middle of the 4th century A.D. - CIA World Factbook		* Background: By the 11th century B.C., the Kingdom of Kush gained independence from Egypt; it lasted in various forms until the middle of the 4th century A.D. - CIA World Factbook
	* Background: Long referred to as Nubia, modern-day Sudan was the site of the Kingdom of Kerma (ca. 2500-1500 B.C.) until it was absorbed into the New Kingdom of Egypt. - CIA World Factbook		* Background: Long referred to as Nubia, modern-day Sudan was the site of the Kingdom of Kerma (ca. 2500-1500 B.C.) until it was absorbed into the New Kingdom of Egypt. - CIA World Factbook
			* Beginning with the imposition of strict Salafi interpretation of sharia law in 1983, many of the country's most prominent poets and artists, like Mahjoub Sharif, were imprisoned while others, like Mohammed el Amin (returned to Sudan in the mid-1990s) and Mohammed Wardi (returned to Sudan 2003), fled to Cairo. - Wikipedia
	* Branches: Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF): Ground Force (Sudanese Army), Sudanese Navy, Sudanese Air Force; Rapid Support Forces (RSF); Border Guards; ; Ministry of Interior: Sudan Police Forces (SPF), Central Reserve Police (CRP) (2025) - CIA World Factbook		* Branches: Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF): Ground Force (Sudanese Army), Sudanese Navy, Sudanese Air Force; Rapid Support Forces (RSF); Border Guards; ; Ministry of Interior: Sudan Police Forces (SPF), Central Reserve Police (CRP) (2025) - CIA World Factbook
			* By the eighth millennium BC, people of a Neolithic culture had settled into a sedentary way of life there in fortified mudbrick villages, where they supplemented hunting and fishing on the Nile with grain gathering and cattle herding. - Wikipedia
	* Capital: Khartoum - CIA World Factbook		* Capital: Khartoum - CIA World Factbook
	* Chief of state: Sovereign Council Chair and Commander-in-Chief of the Sudanese Armed Forces General Abd-al-Fattah al-BURHAN Abd-al-Rahman (since 11 November 2021) - CIA World Factbook		* Chief of state: Sovereign Council Chair and Commander-in-Chief of the Sudanese Armed Forces General Abd-al-Fattah al-BURHAN Abd-al-Rahman (since 11 November 2021) - CIA World Factbook
	* Climate: hot and dry; arid desert; rainy season varies by region (April to November) - CIA World Factbook		* Climate: hot and dry; arid desert; rainy season varies by region (April to November) - CIA World Factbook
			* During the fifth millennium BC, migrations from the drying Sahara brought neolithic people into the Nile Valley along with agriculture. - Wikipedia
	* Equipment: the SAF's inventory includes a mix of mostly Chinese, Russian/Soviet, and some domestically produced weapons systems; Sudan has a state-run defense industry, which mostly manufactures copies of foreign-supplied armaments, such as armored vehicles, under license (2025) - CIA World Factbook		* Equipment: the SAF's inventory includes a mix of mostly Chinese, Russian/Soviet, and some domestically produced weapons systems; Sudan has a state-run defense industry, which mostly manufactures copies of foreign-supplied armaments, such as armored vehicles, under license (2025) - CIA World Factbook
	* Ethnic groups: Sudanese Arab (approximately 70%), Fur, Beja, Nuba, Ingessana, Uduk, Fallata, Masalit, Dajo, Gimir, Tunjur, Berti; there are over 500 ethnic groups - CIA World Factbook		* Ethnic groups: Sudanese Arab (approximately 70%), Fur, Beja, Nuba, Ingessana, Uduk, Fallata, Masalit, Dajo, Gimir, Tunjur, Berti; there are over 500 ethnic groups - CIA World Factbook
	* Government type: presidential republic - CIA World Factbook		* Government type: presidential republic - CIA World Factbook
			* In Sudan's 2008 census, the population of northern, western and eastern Sudan was recorded to be over 30 million. - Wikipedia
			* It flourished from around 2500 BC to 1500 BC in ancient Nubia. - Wikipedia
	* Languages: Arabic (official), English (official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie, Fur - CIA World Factbook		* Languages: Arabic (official), English (official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie, Fur - CIA World Factbook
	* Legal system: mixed system of Islamic law and English common law - CIA World Factbook		* Legal system: mixed system of Islamic law and English common law - CIA World Factbook
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	* Median age: 19.5 years (2025 est.) - CIA World Factbook		* Median age: 19.5 years (2025 est.) - CIA World Factbook
	* Natural resources: petroleum; small reserves of iron ore, copper, chromium ore, zinc, tungsten, mica, silver, gold; hydropower - CIA World Factbook		* Natural resources: petroleum; small reserves of iron ore, copper, chromium ore, zinc, tungsten, mica, silver, gold; hydropower - CIA World Factbook
			* Neolithic peoples created cemeteries such as R12. - Wikipedia
			* Northern Sudan listens to different music than the rest of Sudan. - Wikipedia
	* Personnel: prior to the outbreak of fighting between the SAF and the RSF in 2023, size estimates for Sudan's armed forces varied widely: up to 200,000 SAF; up to 100,000 RSF; up to 80,000 Central Reserve Police (2023) - CIA World Factbook		* Personnel: prior to the outbreak of fighting between the SAF and the RSF in 2023, size estimates for Sudan's armed forces varied widely: up to 200,000 SAF; up to 100,000 RSF; up to 80,000 Central Reserve Police (2023) - CIA World Factbook
	* Population: 50,467,278 (2024 est.) - CIA World Factbook		* Population: 50,467,278 (2024 est.) - CIA World Factbook
			* Recent evidence suggests that while most citizens of the country identify strongly with both Sudan and their religion, Arab and African supranational identities are much more polarising and contested. - Wikipedia
	* Religions: Sunni Muslim, small Christian minority - CIA World Factbook		* Religions: Sunni Muslim, small Christian minority - CIA World Factbook
			* Sudan has a rich and unique musical culture that has been through chronic instability and repression during the modern history of Sudan. - Wikipedia
			* Sudanese culture melds the behaviours, practices, and beliefs of about 578 ethnic groups, communicating in numerous different dialects and languages, in a region microcosmic of Africa, with geographic extremes varying from sandy desert to tropical forest. - Wikipedia
	* Terrain: generally flat, featureless plain; desert dominates the north - CIA World Factbook		* Terrain: generally flat, featureless plain; desert dominates the north - CIA World Factbook
			* The Kerma culture was an early civilization centered in Kerma, Sudan. - Wikipedia
			* The majority of this population came from South Sudan (858,607 people), Eritrea (123,413), Syria (93,502), Ethiopia (14,201), the Central African Republic (11,713) and Chad (3,100). - Wikipedia
			* The march March Shulkawi No 1, is an example, set to the sounds of the Shilluk. - Wikipedia
			* The population of Greater Khartoum (including Khartoum, Omdurman, and Khartoum North) is growing rapidly and was recorded to be 5.2 million. - Wikipedia
			* The population of Sudan was estimated to be around 50 million in 2024. - Wikipedia
			* The population that resulted from this cultural and genetic mixing developed a social hierarchy over the next centuries which became the Kingdom of Kerma at 2500 BC. - Wikipedia
			* This is a significant increase over the past four decades, as the 1983 census put the total population of Sudan, including present-day South Sudan, at 21.6 million. - Wikipedia
			* Traditional music suffered too, with traditional Zār ceremonies being interrupted and drums confiscated [1]. - Wikipedia
	* Urbanization: 36.3% of total population (2023) - CIA World Factbook		* Urbanization: 36.3% of total population (2023) - CIA World Factbook

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	Dated events for '''Sudan''', generated from the archive. Each line is one headline as it was recorded.		Dated events for '''Sudan''', generated from the archive. Each line is one headline as it was recorded.


			=== 2026-08-25 ===
			* Port Sudan detainees launch hunger strike over ‘endless’ trial delays - dabanga
			* South Sudan: Two UN peacekeepers killed, seven injured - africanews
			* Sudan announces it intercepted a drone from Ethiopia - rfi_afrique
			* US moots expanding Darfur arms embargo to cover drones and all of Sudan - dabanga

	=== 2026-08-24 ===		=== 2026-08-24 ===

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	* Background: By the 11th century B.C., the Kingdom of Kush gained independence from Egypt; it lasted in various forms until the middle of the 4th century A.D. - CIA World Factbook		* Background: By the 11th century B.C., the Kingdom of Kush gained independence from Egypt; it lasted in various forms until the middle of the 4th century A.D. - CIA World Factbook
	* Background: Long referred to as Nubia, modern-day Sudan was the site of the Kingdom of Kerma (ca. 2500-1500 B.C.) until it was absorbed into the New Kingdom of Egypt. - CIA World Factbook		* Background: Long referred to as Nubia, modern-day Sudan was the site of the Kingdom of Kerma (ca. 2500-1500 B.C.) until it was absorbed into the New Kingdom of Egypt. - CIA World Factbook
			* Branches: Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF): Ground Force (Sudanese Army), Sudanese Navy, Sudanese Air Force; Rapid Support Forces (RSF); Border Guards; ; Ministry of Interior: Sudan Police Forces (SPF), Central Reserve Police (CRP) (2025) - CIA World Factbook
	* Capital: Khartoum - CIA World Factbook		* Capital: Khartoum - CIA World Factbook
	* Chief of state: Sovereign Council Chair and Commander-in-Chief of the Sudanese Armed Forces General Abd-al-Fattah al-BURHAN Abd-al-Rahman (since 11 November 2021) - CIA World Factbook		* Chief of state: Sovereign Council Chair and Commander-in-Chief of the Sudanese Armed Forces General Abd-al-Fattah al-BURHAN Abd-al-Rahman (since 11 November 2021) - CIA World Factbook
	* Climate: hot and dry; arid desert; rainy season varies by region (April to November) - CIA World Factbook		* Climate: hot and dry; arid desert; rainy season varies by region (April to November) - CIA World Factbook
			* Equipment: the SAF's inventory includes a mix of mostly Chinese, Russian/Soviet, and some domestically produced weapons systems; Sudan has a state-run defense industry, which mostly manufactures copies of foreign-supplied armaments, such as armored vehicles, under license (2025) - CIA World Factbook
	* Ethnic groups: Sudanese Arab (approximately 70%), Fur, Beja, Nuba, Ingessana, Uduk, Fallata, Masalit, Dajo, Gimir, Tunjur, Berti; there are over 500 ethnic groups - CIA World Factbook		* Ethnic groups: Sudanese Arab (approximately 70%), Fur, Beja, Nuba, Ingessana, Uduk, Fallata, Masalit, Dajo, Gimir, Tunjur, Berti; there are over 500 ethnic groups - CIA World Factbook
	* Government type: presidential republic - CIA World Factbook		* Government type: presidential republic - CIA World Factbook
	* Languages: Arabic (official), English (official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie, Fur - CIA World Factbook		* Languages: Arabic (official), English (official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie, Fur - CIA World Factbook
	* Legal system: mixed system of Islamic law and English common law - CIA World Factbook		* Legal system: mixed system of Islamic law and English common law - CIA World Factbook
			* Life expectancy: 67.8 years (2024 est.) - CIA World Factbook
	* Location: north-eastern Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Egypt and Eritrea - CIA World Factbook		* Location: north-eastern Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Egypt and Eritrea - CIA World Factbook
			* Major urban areas: 6.344 million KHARTOUM (capital), 1.057 million Nyala (2023) - CIA World Factbook
			* Median age: 19.5 years (2025 est.) - CIA World Factbook
	* Natural resources: petroleum; small reserves of iron ore, copper, chromium ore, zinc, tungsten, mica, silver, gold; hydropower - CIA World Factbook		* Natural resources: petroleum; small reserves of iron ore, copper, chromium ore, zinc, tungsten, mica, silver, gold; hydropower - CIA World Factbook
			* Personnel: prior to the outbreak of fighting between the SAF and the RSF in 2023, size estimates for Sudan's armed forces varied widely: up to 200,000 SAF; up to 100,000 RSF; up to 80,000 Central Reserve Police (2023) - CIA World Factbook
			* Population: 50,467,278 (2024 est.) - CIA World Factbook
	* Religions: Sunni Muslim, small Christian minority - CIA World Factbook		* Religions: Sunni Muslim, small Christian minority - CIA World Factbook
	* Terrain: generally flat, featureless plain; desert dominates the north - CIA World Factbook		* Terrain: generally flat, featureless plain; desert dominates the north - CIA World Factbook
			* Urbanization: 36.3% of total population (2023) - CIA World Factbook

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Dated events for '''Sudan''', generated from the archive. Each line is one headline as it was recorded.

=== 2026-08-24 ===
* Ambush in South Sudan kills peacekeeping troops - aljazeera
* Security Council LIVE: War, hunger, flooding escalates in Sudan - unnews
* Two UN peacekeepers killed in South Sudan ambush - unnews

=== 2026-08-23 ===
* Video: Thousands of families flee fighting in Sudan’s North Kordofan State - aljazeera

=== 2026-08-21 ===
* ‘Takaya’ community kitchen closures threaten 50,000 families in Sudan capital - dabanga

=== 2026-06-23 ===
* Dispatch from Ukraine - Brookings

=== 2026-06-08 ===
* Show Us the Money - Foreign Policy

=== 2026-06-06 ===
* Gaza is a step away from catastrophe - ynet.co.il

=== 2026-05-28 ===
* How pro-Israel trolls exploit the people of Sudan and the DRC - Middle East Eye

=== 2026-05-27 ===
* Is Accountability in Syria Possible? - Pulitzer Center

=== 2026-05-15 ===
* Nicholas Kristof and Death By a Thousand Cuts - The Free Press

=== 2026-05-01 ===
* Recalling Damascus on the Hudson - The Broadsheet

=== 2026-04-27 ===
* The Art of the Nuclear Deal - The New York Times

=== 2026-04-26 ===
* Damascus, Scatter Brain, and New Faces - The Trek

=== 2026-04-25 ===
* Tracking Chinese and Russian Statements on the Iran War - The Washington Institute

=== 2026-04-17 ===
* Damascus, MD - gnews

=== 2026-04-15 ===
* Discover - Twin Cities PBS

=== 2026-04-06 ===
* New Airstrikes Batter Tehran - The New York Times

=== 2026-04-01 ===
* Smirking Past the Gallows - The Atlantic

=== 2026-03-27 ===
* The Blogs: Dazed and Confused - The Times of Israel

=== 2026-03-25 ===
* Acknowledgments - Pew Research Center
* The Choking of Hormuz - The New York Times

=== 2026-03-05 ===
* Whither Palestine and the Palestinians? - Arab Center Washington DC

=== 2026-02-28 ===
* Iran After the Ayatollah - Christianity Today

=== 2026-02-27 ===
* Shipping Tribune - shippingtribune.com

=== 2026-02-10 ===
* Cutting Through the Fog of War (and Peace) in Syria - The Washington Institute

=== 2026-02-09 ===
* The Gap between Perception and Reality - The Times of Israel

=== 2026-01-19 ===
* How Turkey and Damascus Engineered a Kurdish Defeat - Modern Diplomacy

=== 2026-01-15 ===
* Statement from Spain and France on Turkey. - haber7.com

=== 2025-12-23 ===
* A Real Negotiation Process - RAND

=== 2025-12-12 ===
* Msayleh - Human Rights Watch

=== 2025-12-08 ===
* Baraa in Syria - Al Jazeera

=== 2025-12-07 ===
* The Road to Damascus - Al Jazeera

=== 2025-11-28 ===
* Sudan truces, West Bank evictions, and Trump immigration orders: The Cheat Sheet - The New Humanitarian

=== 2025-11-19 ===
* Organization of Defensive Innovation and Research (SPND) - Iran Watch

=== 2025-11-18 ===
* Hamas - Middle East Institute

=== 2025-11-12 ===
* Iran’s Hidden Hand in Sudan: Proxy Wars Fuel Human Tragedy - maternaldispatches.com - gnews

=== 2025-10-28 ===
* How Israel is winning the wars and losing the peace - NPR

=== 2025-10-26 ===
* Javad Naeimi: Mossad Spy or a Victim? - WANA News Agency

=== 2025-10-14 ===
* Opinion | Mr. Trump, on the Middle East, Please Move Fast and Break Things - The New York Times

=== 2025-10-13 ===
* Poor Syria - Arab American Institute

=== 2025-10-09 ===
* Cruise Missiles Are the Present and Future of Warfare - RAND

=== 2025-10-08 ===
* Apocalypse in Gulf is now or never - Deccan Herald

=== 2025-10-01 ===
* Focus on the Druze - Jewish Policy Center
* Gas and Geopolitics in the Eastern Mediterranean - Arab Center Washington DC

=== 2025-09-30 ===
* Houthi Expansion Into Sudan Threatens a Wider Conflict - Middle East Forum

=== 2025-09-29 ===
* Close to The Edge - Nowlebanon

=== 2025-09-26 ===
* Israel - General Debate

=== 2025-09-24 ===
* Returning to Yarmouk - Jewish Currents

=== 2025-09-17 ===
* Ecocide, Imperialism and Palestine Liberation - Transnational Institute
* History of the Kaaba - TRT World

=== 2025-09-16 ===
* UAE, Sudan trade accusations over illegal arms transfers - TRT World

=== 2025-09-12 ===
* Survival Over Defection - persuasion.community - gnews

=== 2025-09-05 ===
* Discontent Amid Despair - Riddle Russia

=== 2025-09-04 ===
* Disarmament or Diversion? Berri’s Maneuver and Hezbollah’s Outsourcing - Nowlebanon

=== 2025-09-03 ===
* Busiest Ocean Trade Route - Marine Insight

=== 2025-08-29 ===
* US Military Redeployment in Iraq: Strategic Withdrawal or Tactical Shift? - Geopolitical Monitor

=== 2025-08-26 ===
* UAE Ban on Cargoes From Sudan in Focus as Crude Tanker Idles - gCaptain - gnews
* Ukraine, Land Swaps, and Patriotic Assassination - Cato Institute

=== 2025-08-25 ===
* Talking and Fighting Intersect in Gaza - The Soufan Center

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* Area: 1,861,484 sq km - CIA World Factbook
* Background: After the fall of Kush, the Nubians formed three Christian kingdoms of Nobatia, Makuria, and Alodia, with the latter two enduring until around 1500. - CIA World Factbook
* Background: By the 11th century B.C., the Kingdom of Kush gained independence from Egypt; it lasted in various forms until the middle of the 4th century A.D. - CIA World Factbook
* Background: Long referred to as Nubia, modern-day Sudan was the site of the Kingdom of Kerma (ca. 2500-1500 B.C.) until it was absorbed into the New Kingdom of Egypt. - CIA World Factbook
* Capital: Khartoum - CIA World Factbook
* Chief of state: Sovereign Council Chair and Commander-in-Chief of the Sudanese Armed Forces General Abd-al-Fattah al-BURHAN Abd-al-Rahman (since 11 November 2021) - CIA World Factbook
* Climate: hot and dry; arid desert; rainy season varies by region (April to November) - CIA World Factbook
* Ethnic groups: Sudanese Arab (approximately 70%), Fur, Beja, Nuba, Ingessana, Uduk, Fallata, Masalit, Dajo, Gimir, Tunjur, Berti; there are over 500 ethnic groups - CIA World Factbook
* Government type: presidential republic - CIA World Factbook
* Languages: Arabic (official), English (official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie, Fur - CIA World Factbook
* Legal system: mixed system of Islamic law and English common law - CIA World Factbook
* Location: north-eastern Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Egypt and Eritrea - CIA World Factbook
* Natural resources: petroleum; small reserves of iron ore, copper, chromium ore, zinc, tungsten, mica, silver, gold; hydropower - CIA World Factbook
* Religions: Sunni Muslim, small Christian minority - CIA World Factbook
* Terrain: generally flat, featureless plain; desert dominates the north - CIA World Factbook

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