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
JUNE 21, 2012SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: FORMER COMMISSIONER IN DARFUR SENTENCED TO DEATH AFTER DISCOVERY OF MASS GRAVE
The former commissioner of Al Sunta in South Darfur, Bashar Al Jazam Bushara Nawiya
MAY 14, 2012SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: WOMAN REPORTEDLY SENTENCED TO DEATH BY STONING FOR ADULTERY
A court in the Sudanese capital Khartoum sentenced an unidentified woman to be executed
APRIL 20, 2012Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SUDANESE MAN BEHEADED AND CRUCIFIED
A Sudanese man was the twentieth person this year to be executed in the Kingdom
MARCH 20, 2012SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST DARFUR REBELS
A Sudanese court sentenced six members of a key Darfur rebel group to hang
JANUARY 23, 2012SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: 8 DARFURIANS RECEIVE DEATH SENTENCE AFTER RAPING GIRL IN KASS
Four men and four women from Kass district, South Darfur were sentenced to death for
- JANUARY 1, 2012SudanDEATH PENALTY
The crimes punishable by death are murder, armed robbery...
The crimes punishable by death are murder, armed robbery...
- DECEMBER 7, 2011SudanDEATH PENALTY
Sudanese Security forces opened fire on inmates in El-Fasher prison
Sudanese Security forces opened fire on inmates in El-Fasher prison
- NOVEMBER 29, 2011SudanDEATH PENALTY
seven prisoners in North Darfur had their death sentences upheld.
seven prisoners in North Darfur had their death sentences upheld.
- NOVEMBER 28, 2011SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN CONDEMNS SEVEN DARFUR REBELS TO DEATH
A Sudanese court sentenced seven members of a Darfur rebel group to death by hanging
- NOVEMBER 28, 2011SudanDEATH PENALTY
LEADING SUDANESE POET ON A DEATH SENTENCE
a tribunal held in a court in Sudan's Sinnar State sentenced 19 people allegedly
SEPTEMBER 29, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: PARDON SAVES KILLER FROM GALLOWS
a Sudanese man facing execution in Saudi Arabia after he was convicted of murdering a
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA EXECUTES MAN CONVICTED OF ‘SORCERY’
Sudanese national Abdul Hamid bin Hussain bin Moustafa al-Fakki was beheaded in