Timeline of the Sudanese civil war (2025)
The following is a timeline of the Sudanese civil war (2023–present) in 2025.
This timeline is a dynamic and fluid list, and as such may never satisfy criteria of completeness. Moreover, some events may only be fully understood and/or discovered in retrospect.
January
[edit]1 January
[edit]The Joint Darfur Force (JDF) said it had killed 462 Rapid Support Forces (RSF) fighters including six commanders in a failed attack on Al-Malha, North Darfur. In addition, three vehicles were destroyed. The remaining unit under Ali Rizqallah Al-Safana retreated. The JDF also called on the RSF to surrender to the JDF or the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF).[1]
2 January
[edit]The SAF claimed that RSF brigadier general Ibrahim Delib was killed along with 32 RSF fighters, including a Mauritanian national, after a drone being launched by the group misfired in El Fasher.[2]
4 January
[edit]Two people were killed by RSF shelling on the Saudi Hospital in El Fasher.[3] Four others were killed by RSF shelling in Omdurman.[4]
5 January
[edit]Ten people were killed in an SAF airstrike in Khartoum.[5]
The SAF and the JDF claimed to have deflected an RSF assault on El Fasher that came from the east and southeast of the city. The JDF also intercepted a weapons convoy for the RSF, arresting both Sudanese and Libyan nationals.[6]
7 January
[edit]The United States officially declared that the RSF had committed genocide and imposed sanctions on Hemedti.[7]
The SAF retook the administrative center of Ombadda as well as Al-Shagla and the western section of the Al-Fitaihab neighborhood of Omdurman from the RSF. It also claimed to have freed three captive officers in Al-Fitaihab in a special operation that left more than 20 RSF militants dead, including a commander.[8]
Four people were killed in an SAF airstrike on the Fata Borno IDP camp in Kutum, North Darfur.[9]
8 January
[edit]The SAF retook the town of Haj Abdallah in Gezira State, 58 kilometers from Wad Madani, and the village of Mahalla, 13 kilometers from Wad Madani, from the RSF.[10]
9 January
[edit]The SAF retook the town of Al-Shabarqa in Gezira State, 13 kilometers east of Wad Madani, from the RSF.[11]
10 January
[edit]The SAF retook the town of Um al-Qura in Gezira State, 40 kilometers east of Wad Madani, from the RSF, while the SAF-allied Sudan Shield Forces retook Wad al-Abyad, 20 kilometres from the Hantoub bridge.[12]
11 January
[edit]The SAF retook Wad Madani, the capital of Gezira State.[13]
Sixteen people were killed by RSF shelling on the Zamzam IDP camp in North Darfur.[14]
12 January
[edit]The SAF retook the Al-Rawad residential complex in Khartoum from the RSF.[15]
13 January
[edit]At least 120 people were killed by shelling in western Omdurman.[16]
The Merowe Dam power station was damaged by RSF drones, causing a fire at the facility and power outages as far as Shendi, Port Sudan, Atbara and Omdurman.[17]
The SAF retook Karkaraia and Hajar al-Jawad, on the road between Dalang and Kadugli in South Kordofan, from the SPLM-N (al-Hilu).[18]
Thirteen people were killed by the SAF and allied militias in an attack on the informal settlement of Kambo Tayba in Gezira State.[19]
References
[edit]- ^ "Joint Darfur Force heavily ambushes RSF in North Darfur". Sudan Tribune.
- ^ "Sudan army repels RSF attack in El Fasher, hospital hit by shelling". Sudan Tribune. 2 January 2025.
- ^ "El Fasher hospital shelled again, two dead". Sudan Tribune. 4 January 2025.
- ^ "RSF shelling kills four civilians in Sudan's Omdurman - health ministry". Sudan Tribune. 4 January 2025.
- ^ "Airstrike kills 10 civilians in Sudan's Khartoum - activists". Sudan Tribune. 5 January 2025.
- ^ "Fighting resumes in El Fasher, weapons convoy intercepted". Sudan Tribune. 5 January 2025.
- ^ "US says Sudan's RSF committed genocide, announces sanctions on leaders". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
- ^ "Sudanese army gains ground in Omdurman, frees captive officers". Sudan Tribune. 7 January 2025.
- ^ "Four killed in airstrike on Darfur IDP camp, says spokesperson". Sudan Tribune. 7 January 2025.
- ^ "Sudanese army retakes key town in Al Jazirah state". Sudan Tribune. 8 January 2025.
- ^ "Sudanese army gains ground in Al Jazirah state, tightens grip near Wad Madani". Sudan Tribune. 9 January 2025.
- ^ "Sudanese army recaptures town in push for Al Jazirah capital". Sudan Tribune. 10 January 2025.
- ^ "Sudanese army advances to retake city of Wad Madani from RSF". Reuters. 11 January 2025.
- ^ "16 killed in shelling of displaced persons camp in Sudan's North Darfur". Sudan Tribune. 12 January 2025.
- ^ "Sudanese army advances in Khartoum, captures strategic residential complex". Sudan Tribune. 12 January 2025.
- ^ "Sudan Rescuers Say More Than 120 Killed By Shelling Near Capital". Barron's. 14 January 2025.
- ^ "Drone attack on Merowe dam power station disrupts electricity supply". Sudan Tribune. 13 January 2025.
- ^ "Sudan army, SPLM-N clash in South Kordofan". Sudan Tribune. 13 January 2025.
- ^ "Civilians accused of RSF ties killed in Sudan's Al-Jazirah state". Sudan Tribune. 13 January 2025.
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