Missionary Time: Sudan

SUDAN

Capital: Khartoum

President: Omar al- Bashir

Population: 40.235,000 (2015)                                            

               

Is a country in north-east Africa. It is the third largest country in Africa and also the third largest country in the Arab world (after Algeria and Saudi Arabia).

The River Nile divides the country into eastern and western halves. Sudan has 597 groups that speak over 400 different languages and dialects. Its predominant religion is Islam. The Sudanese legal system is based on the Islamic Sharia law.  Stoning and Flogging is a legal punishment in Sudan, several women were sentenced to death by stoning, 53 Christians were flogged in 2001. Crucifixion is a legal punishment. Muslims who convert to Christianity can face the death penalty for apostasy. According to a 2013 UNICEF report, 88% of women in Sudan had undergone female genital mutilation.

 

The largest groups affiliated with Western Christian denominations are Roman Catholic and Anglican. Other Christian groups with smaller followings in the country include the Africa Inland Church, the Armenian Apostolic Church, the Sudan Church of Christ, the Sudan Interior Church, Jehovah's Witnesses, the Sudan Pentecostal Church, the Sudan Evangelical Presbyterian Church (in the North).

religion			percent
Islam			97%
African Traditional Religion			1.5%
Christianity			1.5%

By Raquel