2012 Event The Sudanese city of Khartoum requires security forces to break up anti-austerity protests 2012 Event Israel announces it is deporting its first planeload of South Sudanese illegal migrants 2011 Event In a referendum based on official figures, nearly 99% of South Sudanese voted for independence from the north 2010 Event Over 150 members of the Justice and Equality Movement are killed by Sudanese forces in their effort to gain control of a rebel held area in Darfur 2009 Event An arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir is issued for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur 1985 Death Mahmoud Taha, Sudanese Moslem leader, hanged at 76 1969 Death Itih Walracen, Sudanese widow of author William Walraven, dies 1969 Event Sudanese government is overthrown in a military coup 1898 Event Battle of Atbara River, Anglo-Egyptian forces crush 6,000 Sudanese 1887 Birthday Emiel van der Straeten, Flemish playwright, Sudanese legends 1885 Death Mahdi, Muhammad Ahmed, Sudanese music reviewer, dies
