The elections of May 1986 brought the Umma party of Sadia el Mahdi, who became prime minister, to power, while the presidency passed to Ahmed Ali el Mirghani. shari’ah) and a broad autonomy of the southern regions, was severely exacerbated, causing the rapid disintegration of the social and productive fabric, and with this of the… Read More »
Official language Arabic, English Capital Khartoum Form of government Presidential Republic Area 1,889,068 km² Residents 38,000,000 Currency Sundanese pound Time zone UTC + 2 License plate SOUTH Internet TLD .sd Telephone area code 00249 (Source: ALLCITYCODES) Geography The country name comes from Arabic and means something like “land of the blacks” (Bilad As Sudan). Sudan… Read More »