Sudan+Politics

Politics of Sudan Sudan's government consists of a Federal Republic that is ruled by the National Congress Party (NCP) __Political Parties in Sudan__ Democratic Unionist Party or DUP [Hatim al-SIR] Democratic Unionist Party-Original or DUPO National Congress Party or NCP [Umar Hassan al-BASHIR] Popular Congress Party or PCP [Hassan al-TURABI] Umma Federal Party or UFP Umma Renewal and Reform Party or URRP
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__Executive Branch__ Consists of: Chief of State, Head of Government, and Cabinet.
 * The President, Umar Hassan Ahmad al-BASHIR, is both the Chief of State and Head of Government.

__Legislative Branch__ Consists of: bicameral National Legislature (50 seats, 6 year terms), and a National Assembly (450 seats, 6 year terms)

__Judicial Branch__ Consists of: Constitutional Court of nine justices.

Sudan's National holiday is Independence Day on January 1.

They are in the process of drafting a new constitution to replace The Interim National Constitution.

Sudan consists of a total of 15 states with the announcement of 2 new states that are not yet operational.

When the north-south conflict started coming to an end attacks on civilians started to occur around Darfur. A rebellion broke out led by two rebel groups, the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM). The government wanted to defeat the rebel movements so they increased arms and support to local tribes and militias. These groups together are called the "Janjaweed." Attacks on civilians by the Janjaweed are often given direct support from the Government of Sudan Armed Forces (SAF). Millions of people have been displaced from these attacks and many have died. A look at this issue is seen in the video... media type="youtube" key="8tAPeDEUjcE?version=3" height="315" width="420"

Information gathered from: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/su.html http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/5424.htm#gov http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tAPeDEUjcE&feature=fvst **© 2012 Bethann Seul - Revised April 25th, 2012 ** **Email: easeul@ilstu.edu ** **Ph: 888-345-1234 **