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
- APRIL 11, 2004SudanDEATH PENALTY
The crimes punishable by death are murder, armed robbery, weapons possession and smuggling, treason, acts which may endanger the independence or unity of the state, waging war against the state, apostasy and prostitution.
The crimes punishable by death are murder, armed robbery, weapons possession and smuggling, treason, acts which may endanger the independence or unity of the state, waging war against the state, apostasy and prostitution.
- MARCH 31, 2004SudanDEATH PENALTY
Nyala Criminal Court sentenced two men to death by...
Nyala Criminal Court sentenced two men to death by hanging under articles 130 and 175 of the 1991 Penal Code
- JANUARY 28, 2004SudanDEATH PENALTY
The Al-Fashir criminal court in Sudan, sentenced Tayyib...
The Al-Fashir criminal court in Sudan, sentenced Tayyib Ali Ahmad to death and two others to eleven and seven years on charges of subversion and incitement to war against the state, smuggling of weapons, incitement to violently oppose authority and partic
- JANUARY 3, 2004SudanDEATH PENALTY
Nyala Criminal Court sentenced three men to death by...
Nyala Criminal Court sentenced three men to death by hanging after convicting them for murder under Article 130 of the Penal Code (1991)
- DECEMBER 31, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
The Nyala criminal court, Sudan, sentenced Issa Ismaeal...
The Nyala criminal court, Sudan, sentenced Issa Ismaeal Sabeel, a 27 year-old farmer living in Mahajrea, to death by hanging after convicting him of murder under Article 130 of the Penal Code
- DECEMBER 29, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
The Nyala criminal court in Sudan sentenced Sanousi...
The Nyala criminal court in Sudan sentenced Sanousi Alhaj Ismaeal, a 27 year-old merchant from Hey Alwihda in Nyala, to death by hanging after convicting him for murder under Article 130 of the Penal Code (1991)
- DECEMBER 4, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
In Sudan, the Appeal Court has confirmed the death...
In Sudan, the Appeal Court has confirmed the death sentence for Bilal Hamid Alhabu issued by the Aldeain town Criminal Court on September 30th, 2003
- DECEMBER 4, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
The Appeal Court confirmed the sentence on Bilal Hamid...
The Appeal Court confirmed the sentence on Bilal Hamid Alhabu convicted of Murder under Article 130 of the Penal Code (1991) and sentenced to death on 30 September 2003 before the Aldeain Court
- NOVEMBER 22, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
7 people were tried for an attack on a village belonging...
7 people were tried for an attack on a village belonging to the Reziegat tribe on 1 July 2003
- NOVEMBER 13, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
A criminal court in western Sudan sentenced five men...
A criminal court in western Sudan sentenced five men to death by hanging after it found them guilty of murder
- NOVEMBER 6, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
A Sudanese man was publicly executed by firing squad...
A Sudanese man was publicly executed by firing squad in Chad's capital city of Ndjamena
- NOVEMBER 3, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
The Nyala criminal court in Sudan sentenced three men...
The Nyala criminal court in Sudan sentenced three men to death by hanging after being convicted of murder under Article 130 of the Penal Code (1991)