2012 in Sudan
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The following lists events during 2012 in the Republic of the Sudan.
Events
- Ongoing: 2011–2013 Sudanese protests
- January 15: South Sudan accuses neighboring Sudan of "stealing" its oil exports.[1]
- January 30: Sudanese officials claim that the army has freed 14 of 29 Chinese workers held by Sudan People's Liberation Movement - North rebels in the South Kordofan region since last January 28.[2]
- February 2: The People's Republic of China asks for assistance from South Sudan to obtain the release of 29 Chinese workers held captive in Sudan for five days.[3]
- February 11: Sudan and South Sudan sign a non-aggression treaty.[4]
- February 14: A Sudanese air strike hits the South Sudanese state of Unity, injuring four soldiers in a contested area.[5]
- February 17: Security forces in Sudan raid student dormitories at the University of Khartoum, arresting and beating students after they demanded the right to form a union.[6]
- February 20: Justice and Equality Movement rebels in Darfur release 49 UNAMID peacekeepers but retain three other people they accuse of being Sudanese security agents.[7]
- March 1: The International Criminal Court issues an arrest warrant for the Sudanese defence minister Abdelrahim Mohamed Hussein.[8]
- March 22: South Sudan invites Sudan to discuss outstanding issues next month between the two countries that nearly resulted in a war.[9]
- March 27: President Omar Hassan al-Bashir cancels planned meetings with the government of South Sudan following border clashes the day prior.[10]
- April 4: The Sudan People's Liberation Army says it shot down a Sudanese MiG-29 jet fighter in South Sudan's Unity state.[11]
- April 17: Sudan continues to bombard a disputed border town seized by South Sudan and claims to have seized territory as clashes spread along the border between the two states.[12]
- April 22: Sudan launches a fresh incursion into South Sudan.[13]
- April 24: Security officials in Sudan arrest three Catholic aid workers and close down the office of Caritas in South Darfur as the three were traveling to South Sudan.[14]
- May 1: Tensions rise between the two nations as South Sudan accuses Sudan of attacking locations in its territory.[15]
- May 2: The United Nations Security Council passes a resolution threatening sanctions if hostilities do not end within 48 hours.[16]
- June 22: Anti-austerity protests spread through Khartoum, with security forces breaking them up.[17]
- June 26: The police chief announces a violent crackdown on anti-government protests in Khartoum.[18]
- August 4: Sudan confirms an oil agreement with neighbouring South Sudan.[19]
- August 5: Two gunmen kill a Sudanese employee of the UN World Food Programme (WFP) in the southern border state of South Kordofan.[20]
- August 17: Médecins Sans Frontières state that Sudanese refugees are in 'humanitarian disaster' in South Sudan.[21]
- August 19: 32 people, among which Sudanese government officials, including Ghazi al-Sadiq, the head of the ministry of guidance and endowments, and two state ministers, are killed in a plane crash in Talodi.[22]
- September 14: Protesters angered by an anti-Islamic film denigrating the Prophet Muhammad attack the German and British embassies in Khartoum. In Khartoum, Tunis and Cairo, at least seven people die. An Egyptian fruit seller dies by rubber bullets.[23]
- October 7: An Antonov An-12 aircraft belonging to the Sudanese military crashes southwest of Khartoum, killing at least 13 of the 22 people on board.[24]
- October 17: One UNAMID peacekeeper is killed and three are wounded during an ambush in Hashaba.[25]
- November 1: Yellow fever kills 32 people and sickens at least 50 more in the Darfur region of Sudan.[26]
