The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in modern Sudan (numbers may be approximate):
Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes | |
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Ed Daein massacre[1] | March 1987 | Ed Daein | 1,000+ | Most of the victims were Dinka | |
Saburi massacre | March 1987 | Nearly 100 | [2] | ||
Angolo massacre | January–April 1989 | ||||
Kaldada massacre | April 1990 | 60 | |||
2000 Jarafa mosque massacre[3] | 9 December 2000 | Omdurman | 23 | 31 injured | |
2008 Omdurman attack | 10-12 May 2008 | Khartoum and Omdurman | 220+ | Darfur rebel group Justice and Equality Movement raided Khartoum and Omdurman, killing over 220 people.[4] [5] It was the first time the Darfur conflict reached the capital, marking a significant escalation in a conflict that had already claimed up to 300,000 lives and displaced 2.5 million since 2003.[6] | |
Khartoum massacre | 3 June 2019 | Khartoum | 350+ | Witnesses say at least 650 killed | |
Al - Obaid Massacre | 29 July 2019 | Al - Obaid | 8+ | All the victims were children who were shot by the Rapid Support Forces Snipers. The children died through direct headshots and chest shots. | |
June 30 protests massacre | June 30 2019 | Obaid, Khartoum, Omdurman and Kassala | 12 | 100+ Injured[7] [8] | |
Wad An Nora massacre | 5 June 2024 | Wad Al-Noora, Gezira State | 150-200+ | the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) attacked the village of Wad Al-Noora in Al-Jazira state, killing at least 100 civilians |