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
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
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
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
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 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
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]