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
JULY 15, 2014NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: OGWUCHE, NYANYAN BLAST MASTERMIND, EXTRADITED FROM SUDAN
Aminu Sadiq Ogwuche the co-mastermind of the Nyanya Motor Park bombing, in which scores of citizens
JULY 7, 2014SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: THREE REBELS HANDED DEATH SENTENCE
A Sudanese special court sentenced three rebels to death by hanging, a lawyer for the accused said.
JULY 5, 2014SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: 12 SLM-AW REBELS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN CENTRAL DARFUR
The criminal court of Zalingei, the capital of Central Darfur, sentenced 12 members of the Sudan Liberation
JUNE 23, 2014SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: COURT ORDERS RELEASE OF WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR CHANGING FAITH
The Court of Cassation ordered the release of a 27-year-old woman who was sentenced to death in Sudan
MAY 15, 2014SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: WOMAN TO BE HANGED FOR SHUNNING ISLAM
a Sudanese judge confirmed the death sentence of Mariam Yahya Ibrahim, the pregnant woman who was
MAY 11, 2014SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: PREGNANT MOTHER FOUND GUILTY, SENTENCED TO DEATH
International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that a Christian mother pregnant with her second child
- MARCH 13, 2014SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN: REBEL CHIEFS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN ABSENTIA
a Sudanese court sentenced seventeen people to death in absentia, including a former Governor who is now a rebel leader, and another insurgent chief, said Al-Tigani Hassan, a lawyer who was present for the verdict in Singa town, the capital of Sennar Stat
- JANUARY 21, 2014SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN APPROVES DEATH PENALTY FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKERS
Sudan’s parliament endorsed a human trafficking act that allows to sentence human traffickers with the
- JANUARY 1, 2014SudanDEATH 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.
MAY 29, 2013SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: FOUR HANGED IN EL-OBEID PRISON FOR FARMER’S MURDER
Authorities in El-Obeid prison in Northern Kordofan State, Sudan, have hanged four people
- MAY 8, 2013SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN: EAST DARFUR COURT SENTENCES ‘OMDA MURDERER’ TO HANG
A man accused of killing an “omda” (village leader) in a road ambush on 14 April has
- MAY 6, 2013SudanDEATH PENALTY
three men were sentenced to death by the Special Criminal Court on the Events in Darfur (SCCED).
three men were sentenced to death by the Special Criminal Court on the Events in Darfur (SCCED).