# List of massacres in Sudan

The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Sudan in reverse chronological order:

## List

| Name | Date | Deaths | Involved | Location – Circumstances |
| Omdurman market attack | December 10, 2024 | 54–61 | RSF | Khartoum State – The Sabrein open market was attacked, killing 54 people and injuring more than 158. |
| Kabkabiya market airstrike | December 9, 2024 | 100+ | Sudanese Armed Forces | North Darfur State, Kabkabiya – An airstrike killed more than 100 people at a market. |
| 2024 eastern Gezira State massacres | October 20, 2024 | 8,000+ | RSF | Gezira State – Mass killing of civilians in at least thirty Sudanese villages. |
| Wad An Nora massacre | June 5, 2024 | 150-200+ | RSF | Gezira State, Wad Al-Noora – The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) attacked the village of Wad Al-Noora in Al-Jazira state, killing at least 100 civilians |
| Ardamata massacre | November 8, 2023 | 800–2000 | RSF, Janjaweed | West Darfur State See also: Masalit massacres (2023–present) |
| Taiba bridge massacre | August 23, 2023 | 42 | Undisclosed | South Darfur State |
| Geneina massacre | June 14–23, 2023 | 5,000+ | | West Darfur State See also: Masalit massacres (2023–present) |
| Misterei massacre | May 27-28, 2023 | 97 | RSF, Janjaweed | West Darfur State See also: Masalit massacres (2023–present) |
| Kreinik massacre | April 21, 2022 | 200+ Kreinik 10 Geneina | RSF, Janjaweed | West Darfur State |
| Tangi and Bir Dagig massacres | April 9–10, 2022 | 12 | Gunmen | West Darfur State |
| Krinding massacre | January 16, 2021 | 163 | Janjaweed, Rapid Support Forces, and Mahameed Arab civilians | West Darfur State, El Geneina, Krinding IDP camp |
| 2020 Darfur attacks | July 12–26, 2020 | 89+ | | North Darfur State, South Darfur State, West Darfur State |
| 2019 June sit-in protest massacre | June 30, 2019 | 12 | | Khartoum State and Kassala State, Obaid, Khartoum, Omdurman and Kassala – 100+ Injured |
| Al - Obaid Massacre | July 29, 2019 | 8+ | RFS | North Kordofan, Al - Obaid – All the victims were children who were shot by the Rapid Support Forces Snipers. The children died through direct headshots and chest shots. |
| Khartoum massacre also known as Ramadan massacre | June 3, 2019 | 350+ | | Khartoum State, Khartoum – Witnesses say at least 650 killed |
| 2019 May sit-in protest massacres | May 2019 | 168 | RFS, NISS | Khartoum State, Wad Madani, Gedarif, Khartoum – 10 May 2019 - ten killed in Wad Madani sit-in by Rapid Support Forces 12 May 2019 - over 50 killed in Gedarif by NISS 13 May 2019 - Rapid Forces killed over 100 civilians and injured hundreds in Khartoum sit-in 13 May 2019 - 8 killed in the first General Command massacre sit-in by Rapid Support Forces |
| 2008 Omdurman attack | May 10-12, 2008 | 220+ | JEM | Khartoum State, Khartoum and Omdurman – Darfur rebel group Justice and Equality Movement raided Khartoum and Omdurman, killing over 220 people. 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. |
| Darfur genocide | 2003–2005 | 100,000–400,000 | Al-Bashir regime Sudanese Armed Forces Janjaweed Muraheleen | |
| 2000 Jarafa mosque massacre | December 9, 2000 | 23 | | Khartoum State, Omdurman – 31 injured |
| 1992 jihad against Nuba peoples | 1992–1993 | 100,000+ | Sudanese government: National Islamic Front (NIF) | South Kordofan, Nuba Mountains region – In 1992, a jihad against the indigenous Nuba peoples was declared. In 1993, a fatwa was issued, declaring that Nuba Muslims were not considered true Muslims, therefore just as much a target as Christians and followers of traditional beliefs. Entire villages were destroyed, civilians killed, raped or kidnapped. See also: Sudanesischer Dschihad von 1992 (in German) and Bürgenstock Agreement |
| 1991 Bor massacre | November 15, 1991 | 2000+ | Nuer White Army and Nuer fighters from SPLA-Nasir | Today's South Sudan, Jonglei State, Bor See also: Second Sudanese Civil War |
| 1990 Kaldada massacre | April 1990 | 60 | | |
| 1989 Angolo massacre | January–April 1989 | | | |
| 1987 Saburi massacre | March 1987 | Nearly 100 | | |
| 1987 Ed Daein massacre | March 27–28 1987 | 1,000+ | Muraheleen (mainly Rizeigat militia) | East Darfur State, Ed Daein – Most of the victims were Dinka. |

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* Location of Sudan
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* Humanitarian aid response in 2023