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
DECEMBER 3, 2015SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: 27 TRIED ON APOSTASY CHARGE THAT MAY BRING DEATH SENTENCES
A Sudanese court could sentence 27 Muslims to death for believing in a strand of Islam that’s considered
- NOVEMBER 26, 2015SudanDEATH PENALTY
the special Darfur Criminal Court in Khartoum sentenced 18 people belonging to the rebel Sudan Liberation
the special Darfur Criminal Court in Khartoum sentenced 18 people belonging to the rebel Sudan Liberation
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2015SudanDEATH PENALTY
a Sudanese youth court issued a death sentence against two men who were found guilty of sexually abusing
a Sudanese youth court issued a death sentence against two men who were found guilty of sexually abusing
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2015SudanDEATH PENALTY
a Sudanese juvenile court issued a death sentence against a man found guilty of sexually abusing a three-
a Sudanese juvenile court issued a death sentence against a man found guilty of sexually abusing a three-
AUGUST 5, 2015SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: COURT CLEARS SOUTH SUDAN PASTORS OF SPYING
A court in Sudan has freed two South Sudanese Christian pastors after acquitting them of charges that include spying and crimes against the state.
MARCH 16, 2015SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: BASHIR PARDONS FIVE DARFUR REBEL FIGURES SENTENCED TO DEATH
The Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir issued a decree pardoning five convicts from the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) who belong to the faction which signed a peace agreement with Khartoum led by Bakheit Abdul-Karim Dabago.
JANUARY 14, 2015SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR SPLM-N LEADERS
the National Supreme Court in Khartoum upheld the verdicts of the Blue Nile Criminal Court concerning 63
- JANUARY 1, 2015SudanDEATH 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 10, 2014SudanDEATH PENALTY
a teacher was executed for raping a female student.
a teacher was executed for raping a female student.
- DECEMBER 3, 2014SudanDEATH PENALTY
the Darfur Crimes Court sentenced seven people to death by hanging. They were found guilty
the Darfur Crimes Court sentenced seven people to death by hanging. They were found guilty
NOVEMBER 5, 2014SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: POLICE OFFICER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WOMAN
A Khartoum criminal court sentenced a police officer to death for killing Awadiya Ajabna on the outskirts of
SEPTEMBER 16, 2014SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: TWO JEM FIGHTERS HANGED IN KHARTOUM
Sudan hanged two people convicted over the killing of Chinese oil workers and damaging an oil pipeline in troubled South Kordofan State six years ago.