The following lists events that happened during

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

Sudan Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa. It borders the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, Libya to the northwest, Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the east, Eritrea and Ethiopi ...

Incumbents

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Omar al-Bashir Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir (born 1 January 1944) is a Sudanese former military officer and politician who served as Head of state of Sudan, Sudan's head of state under various titles from 1989 until 2019, when he was deposed in 2019 Sudanese c ...

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Salva Kiir Mayardit Salva Kiir Mayardit (born 13 September 1951), commonly known as Salva Kiir, is a South Sudanese politician who is the President of South Sudan since its independence on 9 July 2011. Prior to independence, he was the List of heads of state of So ...

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Ali Osman Taha Ali Osman Mohammed Taha (, also transliterated "Othman" or "Uthman"; born 1 January 1944) is a Sudanese politician who was first vice president of Sudan from July 2011 to December 2013. Previously he was minister of foreign affairs from 1993 to ...

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Events

January

* January 24 – A Sudanese airliner, Air West Flight 612, carrying 103 people, is hijacked by a lone gunman and diverted to

N'Djamena N'Djamena ( ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Chad, largest city of Chad. It is also a Provinces of Chad, special statute region, divided into 10 districts or ''arrondissements'', similar to the city of Paris. Originally calle ...

Chad Chad, officially the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North Africa, North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to Chad–Libya border, the north, Sudan to Chad–Sudan border, the east, the Central Afric ...

. The Air West flight lands at the airport in N'Djamena and the hijacker is arrested.

May

* May 2 – The International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Sudanese humanitarian affairs minister Ahmed Haroun and

Janjaweed The Janjaweed () are an Sudanese Arabs, Arab nomad militia group operating in the Sahel, Sahel region, specifically in Sudan, particularly in Darfur and eastern Chad. They have also been speculated to be active in Yemen. According to the United ...

leader Ali Kushayb on charges of war crimes committed during the

Darfur Darfur ( ; ) is a region of western Sudan. ''Dār'' is an Arabic word meaning "home f – the region was named Dardaju () while ruled by the Daju, who migrated from Meroë , and it was renamed Dartunjur () when the Tunjur ruled the area. ...

conflict.

June

* June 15 – Sudan and a breakaway faction of the Justice and Equality Movement of Darfur sign a peace treaty.

August

* August 1 – Sudan pledges support for UNAMID, a joint United Nations and African Union peacekeeping force in Darfur. * August 3 – Rebel groups in Darfur hold meetings in

Tanzania Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Uganda to the northwest; Kenya to the northeast; the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to t ...

jointly mediated by the United Nations and the African Union to resolve disputes. * August 28 – The Sudanese government and the United Nations launch a flood appeal to help victims of recent flooding which has killed 89 people and destroyed 73,000 homes. * August 29 – John Holmes, the United Nations' emergency relief coordinator, warns that refugees of the Darfur conflict are arming themselves and may soon be able to defend themselves if the Sudanese government renews its attacks.

September

* September 2 – Sudan postpones a census that is a crucial for the success of two national elections. * September 3 – The Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-Moon arrives in Sudan to press for an end to violence in Darfur.

References

{{Year in Africa, 2007 2000s in Sudan Years of the 21st century in Sudan