Sudan
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- presidential republic
- CONSTITUTION
- June 30, 1998, partially suspended in 1999 by President Bashir. The Interim National Constitution was ratified on July 5, 2005. The Constitution of South Sudan was signed in December 2005
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on English common law and Islamic law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, National Legislature composed of the Council of States and the National Assembly
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Constitutional Court of nine judges; National Supreme Court; National Appellate Courts;
RELIGIONS
70% Sunni Muslims, 5% Christians, 25% indigenous beliefs
From the country
- MAY 14, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SUDANESE MAN FACING EXECUTION IN SAUDI ARABIA OVER 'SORCERY' CHARGES
Amnesty International urged Saudi Arabia to halt the possibly imminent execution of a Sudanese man who was sentenced to death for "sorcery".
- MARCH 18, 2010SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN. TWO EXECUTIONS
two Sudanese men were executed for killing four oil workers, two of them Chinese, and looting their vehicle in 2004 at Heglig in Kordofan state
MARCH 4, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SUDANESE MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDER
a Sudanese driver convicted of murdering his Saudi Arabian employer has
- FEBRUARY 24, 2010SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN RELEASES 50 DARFUR REBELS
Sudan released 50 Darfur rebels who had been sentenced to death, under a new truce agreement
JANUARY 19, 2010SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: TWO MORE DARFUR REBELS SENTENCED TO DEATH
A Sudanese court sentenced another two Darfur rebels to death for a deadly 2008 attack,
JANUARY 17, 2010SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES 18 SOLDIERS TO DEATH FOR MUTINY
a Sudanese military court sentenced 18 soldiers to death charging them with insubordination and mutiny
JANUARY 14, 2010SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: SIX HANGED FOR DEADLY 2005 RIOTS
Six people were hanged in Sudan's capital for their role in deadly clashes in 2005 between police and residents of a camp for the displaced, the official news agency SUNA reported.
- JANUARY 1, 2010SudanDEATH PENALTY
The crimes punishable by death are murder, armed robbery...
The crimes punishable by death are murder, armed robbery...
- DECEMBER 16, 2009SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY AGAINST US DIPLOMAT ASSASSINS
a Sudanese court rejected the appeal by four men sentenced to death for assassinating a USAID employee John Granville and his driver in 2008
- NOVEMBER 22, 2009SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN: SIX CHILDREN SENTENCED TO DIE OVER REBEL RAID
Sudan sentenced six children to death for taking part in a Darfur rebel attack on Khartoum but has since
OCTOBER 25, 2009SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: APPEAL FOR DEATH SENTENCES FOR KILLING US DIPLOMAT
the four defendants accused of killing the US diplomat Michael Granville and his Sudanese driver Abd-al-
- OCTOBER 12, 2009SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDANESE COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR FOUR ISLAMISTS
a Sudanese court upheld the death sentences handed to four Islamists for murdering US envoy John