2022 in Sudan explained

See also: 2022 in East Africa. The following lists events that happened during 2022 in Sudan.

Incumbents

• Chairman of the Sovereignty Council: Abdel Fattah al-Burhan
• Prime Minister: Abdalla Hamdok (until January 2), then Osman Hussein (from January 19, acting)

Events

• August – 2022 Sudan floods^[1]
• August 16 – A Sudanese official reports that 66 people have been killed and 24,000 homes and buildings have been damaged since flooding began in June.^[2]
• October 15 – Five people are killed, and nine others are injured in tribal clashes in West Kordofan.^[3]
• October 21 – Over 150 people are killed in ethnic clashes in Sudan.^[4]
• October 23 – The death toll from the clashes over a land dispute between the Hausa and the Berta ethnic groups in Blue Nile, Sudan, increases to 220. It is one of the deadliest incident of ethnic violence in the country during the last years.^[5]
• December 27 – Sixteen people are killed when a bus collides with a dump truck on the outskirts of Omdurman, Khartoum.^[6]

Sports

• Sudan at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games
• Sudan at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships
• Sudan at the 2022 World Athletics Championships

Notes and References

1. News: 2022-08-24 . Flooding devastates rural areas south of Sudan's capital . en . Reuters . 2022-08-31.
2. Web site: Sudan floods continue to tear up homes; 66 people killed . 2022-10-17 . ABC News . en.
3. News: 2022-10-16 . At least five killed in tribal violence in Sudan's West Kordofan . en . Reuters . 2022-10-17.
4. Web site: At Least 150 Killed in Two Days of Fighting in Sudan's South . 20 October 2022 .
5. Web site: Death toll in Sudan tribal clashes rises to at least 220 . 2022-10-24 . www.aljazeera.com . en.
6. News: 2022-12-27 . At least 16 killed in bus crash in Sudan . en . Reuters . 2022-12-27.