2020 in Sudan

2020 in Sudan

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*July 24
*July 24
**Mass graves likely tied to a 1990 coup attempt against former President [[Omar al-Bashir]] in Sudan are discovered.{{cite web |title=Sudan finds mass grave likely linked to foiled 1990 coup |url=https://apnews.com/f1754650465b37c91485a5f5dd70d444 |website=AP NEWS |access-date=July 25, 2020 |date=24 July 2020}}
**Mass graves likely tied to a 1990 coup attempt against former President [[Omar al-Bashir]] in Sudan are discovered.{{cite web |title=Sudan finds mass grave likely linked to foiled 1990 coup |url=https://apnews.com/f1754650465b37c91485a5f5dd70d444 |website=AP NEWS |access-date=July 25, 2020 |date=24 July 2020}}
**[[2020 Darfur attacks]] - An attack on Aboudos in [[South Darfur]] left at least 20 people dead and another 22 were injured.{{cite news|date=25 July 2020|title=Gunmen kill at least 22 villagers in South Darfur, locals say|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sudan-violence-idUSKCN24Q0JJ|access-date=11 September 2020|newspaper=[[Reuters]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725153631/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sudan-violence-idUSKCN24Q0JJ|archive-date=2020-07-25|url-access=limited}}{{Cite news|date=25 July 2020|title=Attackers kill at least 20 in Sudan's Darfur, says tribal chief|work=Al Jazeera|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/07/attackers-kill-20-sudan-darfur-tribal-chief-200725123025349.html|access-date=11 September 2020}}
**[[2020 Darfur attacks]] - An attack on Aboudos in [[South Darfur]] left at least 20 people dead and another 22 were injured.{{cite news|date=25 July 2020|title=Gunmen kill at least 22 villagers in South Darfur, locals say|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sudan-violence-idUSKCN24Q0JJ|access-date=11 September 2020|newspaper=[[Reuters]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725153631/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sudan-violence-idUSKCN24Q0JJ|archive-date=2020-07-25|url-access=limited|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|date=25 July 2020|title=Attackers kill at least 20 in Sudan's Darfur, says tribal chief|work=Al Jazeera|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/07/attackers-kill-20-sudan-darfur-tribal-chief-200725123025349.html|access-date=11 September 2020}}
*July – Gold hunters used heavy machinery to excavate the two millennia-old Jabal Maragha archaeological site in the [[Bayuda Desert]], destroying it. The gold diggers were arrested and their equipment seized, but they were later released without charges in July 2020.{{Cite web|title=Gold-hunting diggers destroy Sudan's priceless past|url=https://www.france24.com/en/20200824-gold-hunting-diggers-destroy-sudan-s-priceless-past|website=France 24|date=2020-08-24|access-date=2025-11-29|language=en}}{{cite web | title=Illegal gold diggers destroy ancient Sudanese site | website=BBC News | date=24 August 2020 | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-53889663 | access-date=25 August 2020}}
*July – Gold hunters used heavy machinery to excavate the two millennia-old Jabal Maragha archaeological site in the [[Bayuda Desert]], destroying it. The gold diggers were arrested and their equipment seized, but they were later released without charges in July 2020.{{Cite web|title=Gold-hunting diggers destroy Sudan's priceless past|url=https://www.france24.com/en/20200824-gold-hunting-diggers-destroy-sudan-s-priceless-past|website=France 24|date=2020-08-24|access-date=2025-11-29|language=en}}{{cite web | title=Illegal gold diggers destroy ancient Sudanese site | website=BBC News | date=24 August 2020 | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-53889663 | access-date=25 August 2020}}