Incumbents

Events

16 February: Ali Osman, Sudanese expatriate composer and conductor in Egypt (b. 1958)^[2]
12 August: Fatima Ahmed Ibrahim, Sudanese Communist Party member (b. 1933)^[3]

^ "Celebration as Sudan becomes Anglican Communion 39th province". Anglican Communion News Service. 31 July 2017. Archived from the original on 13 February 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
^ Ati Metwaly (25 February 2017). "Remembering Ali Osman: Composer, academic and conductor of Egypt's Al Nour Wal Amal Orchestra". Al-Ahram. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
^ "Veteran Sudanese communist Fatima Ahmed Ibrahim dies aged 84". Radio Tamazuj. Khartoum. 13 August 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2018.

Years in Sudan (1956–present)

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Sovereign states	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
States with limited recognition	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland
Dependencies and other territories	Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla (Spain) Madeira (Portugal) Mayotte / Réunion (France) Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)