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
MARCH 12, 2020SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN PLANS TO REPEAL THE DEATH PENALTY FOR APOSTASY
Sudan plans to decriminalise apostasy this year, a member of a key political group involved in the country's transitional government said.
JANUARY 29, 2020SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: SEVEN PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SOUTH DARFUR
Seven people were sentenced to death on 27 January 2020 by a court in Nyala, South Darfur, after being found guilty of killing nine people in September 2017, in the area of Tobasi, 43km south of Nyala.
JANUARY 26, 2020SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: 15-YEAR-OLD SENTENCED TO DEATH
The Sudanese cabinet expressed it unease following a court decision to execute a 15-year-old boy, local media reported.
- JANUARY 1, 2020SudanDEATH PENALTY
The 1991 penal code based on Sharia law prescribes both the death penalty and corporal punishment.
The 1991 penal code based on Sharia law prescribes both the death penalty and corporal punishment.
DECEMBER 30, 2019SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: 27 INTELLIGENCE AGENTS SENTENCED TO HANG FOR TEACHER'S KILLING
A Sudanese court sentenced 27 members of the national intelligence service to death by hanging on 30 December 2019 over the killing of a teacher in detention in February during protests that led to the overthrow of former president Omar al-Bashir.
DECEMBER 12, 2019SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: THREE MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Judge Hani Mahjoub of the Criminal Court of Khartoum North sentenced three men to death by hanging for murder, Radio Dabanga reported on 11 December 2019.
DECEMBER 5, 2019SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: RSF OFFICER SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING FOR KILLING CIVILIAN IN EL GENEINA
Capital punishment has been chosen as a sentence for a Rapid Support Forces officer by the Criminal Court of El-Geneina, Sudan, Live Report reported on 4 December 2019.
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2019SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN: 8 DARFUR REBEL DEATH SENTENCES ANNULLED TO 'BUILD CONFIDENCE'
Sudan said on 19 September 2019 it had annulled death sentences against eight rebels from Darfur, a move aimed at "building confidence" with armed groups as new authorities attempt to bring peace to the war-torn region.
SEPTEMBER 10, 2019SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: JUNTA DROPS DEATH PENALTY AGAINST REBEL LEADERS
Sudan’s ruling Transitional Military Council (TMC) has cancelled the death penalty that was issued against Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) leader Malik Agar, his deputy Yasir Arman, and 15 others in 2014.
- JANUARY 1, 2019SudanDEATH PENALTY
The 1991 penal code based on Sharia law prescribes both the death penalty and corporal punishment.
The 1991 penal code based on Sharia law prescribes both the death penalty and corporal punishment.
NOVEMBER 26, 2018SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: WHITE NILE COURT SENTENCES DARFUR STUDENT TO DEATH
The Kosti criminal court in Sudan's White Nile state condemned Darfuri student Abubakar Yousef to death, and sentenced another 10 students from Darfur to prison terms, for their participation in riots at the University of Bakht El Rida in May 2017, allafr
OCTOBER 18, 2018SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: MUEZZIN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE
The Criminal Court of Kassala on 15 October 2018 convicted a muezzin of raping a five-year-old girl, and sentenced him to death by hanging.