February 19 - Sudan puts a married Ethiopian woman to trial after being gang-raped because she waited before she reported it. She faces the death penalty for adultery.
May
May 15 - An eight-month pregnant Christian woman, Meriam Yehya Ibrahim, is sentenced to death by hanging for apostasy in Sudan in a case that has drawn widespread international condemnation.
November
November 27 - At least 133 people were killed and 100 wounded, in the aftermath of clashes between Awlad Omran and Al-Ziyoud groups of the Mesiria tribe. The clashes occurred in the Kwak area of the West Kurdufan state.