Sudanese Revolution Coverage

After government forces committed a massacre to break up the two-month long sit-in at Sudanese Military Headquarters in Khartoum, the tense and controversial negotiations process between the Forces of Freedom and Change (a coalition of opposition movements representing the revolutionaries) and the Transitional Military Council (a government established after the overthrow of Omar al-Bashir through military coup on April 11th) came to an end. With at least 100 dead and hundreds injured, devastated revolutionaries have escalated their civil disobedience, and the Sudanese Professionals Association and the Forces of Freedom and Change have called for the downfall of the TMC.

We’ll keep track of events on this page, updating regularly. For a background to the events, read What’s Happening in Sudan? Explaining the Last Two Months.

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Key Events

June 11th: FFC suspends civil disobedience and accepts Ethiopian mediation.

June 7th: Ethiopian-led mediation of talks between the TMC and the FFC begins.

June 3rd: A massacre by government forces breaks up the military HQ sit-in.

April 13th: Negotiations between the Forces of Freedom and Change and the Transitional Military Council begin.

April 12th: Ibn Auf resigns after mass protests against him, Abdulfattah al-Burhaan becomes chair of the Transitional Military Council.

April 11th: Omar al-Bashir is deposed in a military coup led by Awad Ibn Auf, who promises a two year transitional period.

December 19th: Ruling party headquarters in Atbara are burned down, sparking nationwide protests against Omar al-Bashir’s regime.