List of massacres in Sudan


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

List

NameDateDeathsInvolvedLocation – Circumstances
Dilling siegeDecember 18–19, 202516RSF and Sudan People's Liberation Movement–North Dilling, South Kordofan – At least 16 people including women, elderly residents and children were killed from artillery bombardment during a siege of the city by the RSF and the SPLM–N.
Kadugli attackDecember 13, 20256RSF Kadugli, South Kordofan – Six United Nations peacekeepers, all of them are Bangladeshi nationals, were killed and eight others were injured by a drone attack. The SAF blamed the attack on the RSF. UN secretary general António Guterres stated that the attack was "unjustified" and may constitute as a war crime.
Kalogi drone attacksDecember 4, 2025114–116RSFKalogi, South Kordofan – The Sudan Doctors' Network accused the RSF of attacking a kindergarten and hospital in Kalogi, killing more than a hundred people, including between 46 to 63 children.
El Fasher massacreOctober 26, 2025 – present60,000+RSFEl Fasher, North Darfur State
Al-Arqam Home drone attackOctober 11, 202553+RSFEl Fasher, North Darfur State – A drone attack by the RSF targeted a shelter for displaced families, killing 53 people including 14 children and 15 women while injuring 21 others.
El Fasher drone strikeSeptember 19, 202578+RSFEl Fasher, North Darfur State – The drone struck a mosque during morning prayers, killing at least 78 people and injuring 20 others.
Abu Shouk camp attackAugust 11, 202540RSFEl Fasher, North Darfur State – The RSF raided the camp, targeting civilians in their homes, killing 40 people and injuring 19 others.
El-Obeid prison drone strikeMay 10, 202521RSFEl-Obeid, North Kordofan – A drone strike by the RSF targeted a prison in El-Obeid, killing 21 and injuring 47 others.
Al-Nahud massacreMay 2–3, 2025300+RSFAl-Nahud, West Kordofan
Al-Salha massacreApril 27, 202531+RSFAl-Salha, Omdurman – The RSF accused the victims, including minors, of being affiliated with the Sudanese Armed Forces. The Sudan Doctors Network condemned the massacre as a "war crime and a crime against humanity”.
Zamzam and Abu Shouk refugee camp massacresApril 10-12, 2025389+RSFNorth Darfur State – Hundreds of structures including residences, marketplaces, and medical facilities destroyed.
Tur'rah market massacreMarch 25, 202561-270+Sudanese Armed ForcesWest Darfur – A military spokesperson denied attacking civilians, claiming that it only attacked "legitimate hostile" targets.
Al-Kadaris and Al-Khelwat massacresFebruary 15-17, 2025200-433+RSFEl Geteina, White Nile State
2025 Omdurman market attackFebruary 1, 202556RSFKhartoum State – The Sabrein open market was attacked, killing 54 people and injuring more than 158.
2025 Saudi Hospital AttackJanuary 24, 202570+RSFEl Fasher, North Darfur State – An attack that killed at least 70 people and injured 19 others.
Kabkabiya market airstrikeDecember 9, 2024100+Sudanese Armed ForcesNorth Darfur State, Kabkabiya – An airstrike killed more than 100 people at a market.
Khartoum North mosque airstrikeDecember 6, 20247Sudanese Armed ForcesKhartoum North, Khartoum State – An airstrike on a mosque by the Sudanese Armed Forces killing seven people.
2024 eastern Gezira State massacresOctober 20, 20248,000+RSFGezira State – Mass killing of civilians in at least thirty Sudanese villages.
Galgani massacreAugust 15, 2024108+, 24+ women and minorsRSFSennar State
Wad An Nora massacreJune 5, 2024150-200+RSFGezira State, Wad Al-Noora – The Rapid Support Forces attacked the village of Wad Al-Noora in Al-Jazira state, killing at least 100 civilians
Ardamata massacreNovember 8, 2023800–2000RSF, JanjaweedWest Darfur State
See also: Masalit genocide
Taiba bridge massacreAugust 23, 202342UndisclosedSouth Darfur State
Geneina massacreJune 14–23, 20235,000+West Darfur State
See also: Masalit genocide
Misterei massacreMay 27-28, 202397RSF, JanjaweedWest Darfur State
See also: Masalit genocide
Kreinik massacreApril 21, 2022200+ Kreinik
10 Geneina		RSF, JanjaweedWest Darfur State
Tangi and Bir Dagig massacresApril 9–10, 202212GunmenWest Darfur State
Krinding massacreJanuary 16, 2021163Janjaweed, Rapid Support Forces, and Mahameed Arab civiliansWest Darfur State, El Geneina, Krinding IDP camp
2020 Darfur attacksJuly 12–26, 202089+North Darfur State, South Darfur State, West Darfur State
2019 June sit-in protest massacreJune 30, 201912Khartoum State and Kassala State, Obaid, Khartoum, Omdurman and Kassala – 100+ Injured
Al - Obaid MassacreJuly 29, 20198+RFSNorth 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 massacreJune 3, 2019350+Khartoum State, Khartoum – Witnesses say at least 650 killed
2019 May sit-in protest massacresMay 2019168RFS, NISSKhartoum 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 attackMay 10-12, 2008220+JEMKhartoum 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 genocide2003–2005100,000–200,000 https://www.ilholocaustmuseum.org/the-genocide-in-darfur/Al-Bashir regimeSudanese Armed Forces
Janjaweed
Muraheleen
2000 Jarafa mosque massacreDecember 9, 200023Khartoum State, Omdurman – 31 injured
1992 jihad against Nuba peoples1992–1993100,000+Sudanese government: National Islamic Front 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 and Bürgenstock Agreement
1991 Bor massacreNovember 15, 19912000+Nuer White Army and Nuer fighters from SPLA-NasirToday's South Sudan, Jonglei State, Bor See also: Second Sudanese Civil War
1990 Kaldada massacreApril 199060
1989 Angolo massacreJanuary–April 1989
1987 Saburi massacreMarch 1987Nearly 100
1987 Ed Daein massacreMarch 27–28 19871,000+Muraheleen East Darfur State, Ed Daein – Most of the victims were Dinka.