What kind of government is in power in Sudan?

Answer 1

Sudan is governed under the interim national constitution of 2005, which established a power-sharing national goverment. The executive branch is headed by a president, who is both head of state and head of government. The bicameral National Legislature consists of the and the 50-seat Council of States, whose members are elected by state legislatures to six-year terms and the 450-seat National Assembly, who members, though now appointed, will be elected to six-year terms. Administratively, Sudan is divided into 25 states.

Answer 2

The country is mainly sunni Muslim (70%). But another 25% of the population follow various indigenous religions. The remaining 5% are christian.

The present government, the Government of National Unity (GoNU), is a coalition of the National Congress Party (NCP), National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM).

They formed a power-sharing government under the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA).

The NCP, which came to power by military coup in 1989, is the majority partner.

The NDA is a group of many political parties, including some communist groups, that formed in 1989 to oppose the government of that time.

The SPLM is a predominantly christian group, having formerly fought the Sudanese Government from 1983 to 2005.

Most members of the government also belong to Sudan's National Islamic Front (NIF), a fundamentalist political organization formed from the Muslim Brotherhood in 1986. In 1998, the NIF created the National Congress as its political party.

The coalition agreement stipulates that national elections be held in 2009.

However, the present government' of Sudan is a moving target, as it were, because some parties still unilaterally govern some areas, and in some areas, there are agreements that the government shall rotate between the parties every three months.

The present problems in Darfur are an example of the conflicts in the Sudan.