![]() * DECEMCivilian groups sidelined by the coup sign an initial deal with the military to start a new two-year political transition and appoint a civilian government. In Khartoum, protesters face tear gas and stun grenades and one civilian is killed in the neighbouring city of Omdurman, the 119th protest death recorded by medics. * OCTOHuge crowds take to the streets of Sudan on the first anniversary of the coup, in one of the largest turnouts in a campaign of anti-military demonstrations. ![]() * JThe UN World Food Programme says more than a third of Sudan's population is facing acute food insecurity due to factors including economic and political crises, climate shocks and conflict. Hamdok says he has returned to prevent further bloodshed and protect economic reforms but resigns less than two months later as protests continue. * NOVEMAfter several mass rallies against the coup and the suspension of most international financial support for Sudan, military leaders and Hamdok announce a deal for his reinstatement as prime minister. Army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan announces that the civilian government and other transitional bodies have been dissolved. * OCTOSecurity forces detain Hamdok and several other top civilians in pre-dawn raids following weeks of bitter recriminations between civilian and military factions and a failed coup attempt. ![]() * JSudan wins approval for relief on at least $US56 billion ($A83 billion) in foreign debt after carrying out economic reforms under the supervision of the International Monetary Fund. Less than two months later, the United States removes Sudan from its list of state sponsors of terrorism. * OCTOSudan joins other Arab states in agreeing to take steps to normalise ties with Israel in a US-brokered deal. * AUGTransitional authorities strike a peace agreement with some rebel groups from the restive western Darfur region and from the southern regions of South Kordofan and Blue Nile but two key groups don't accept the deal. Later in the month Abdalla Hamdok, an economist and former UN official, is appointed to head a government. * AUGCivilian groups that backed the uprising sign a deal to share power with the military during a transitional period leading to elections. Opposition-linked medics say more than 100 people are killed in the assault. * JSecurity forces raid the sit-in at the army headquarters.
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