a nonparty
basis; parties are banned in the new National Assembly
note: on 12 December 1999, President BASHIR sent troops to take over
parliament

Judicial branch: Supreme Court; Special Revolutionary Courts

Political parties and leaders: political parties were banned following
30 June 1989 coup, however, political "associations" are allowed under
a new law drafted in 1998 and implemented on 1 January 1999 and
include - National Congress
note: the political association law is currently under review

Political pressure groups and leaders: National Islamic Front or NIF
(the National Congress operates as its legal front)

International organization participation: ABEDA, ACP, AfDB, AFESD, AL,
AMF, CAEU, CCC, ECA, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IDB,
IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD, ILO, IMF, IMO, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, IOM,
ISO (correspondent), ITU, NAM, OAU, OIC, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO,
UNHCR, UNIDO, UNU, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO (observer)

Diplomatic representation in the US:
chief of mission: Ambassador Mahdi Ibrahim MAHAMMAD (recalled to
Khartoum in August 1998)
chancery: 2210 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: (202) 338-8565
FAX: (202) 667-2406

Diplomatic representation from the US: US officials at the US Embassy
in Khartoum were moved for security reasons in February 1996 and have
been relocated to the US Embassies in Nairobi, Kenya and Cairo, Egypt;
the US Embassy in Khartoum (located on Sharia Abdul Latif Avenue;
mailing address - P. O. Box 699, Khartoum; APO AE 09829; telephone -
(11) 774611 or 774700; FAX - (11) 774137) is kept open by
local employees; the US Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya is located in the
Interim Office Building on Mombasa Road, Nairobi; mailing address - P.
O. Box 30137, Box 21A, Unit 64100, APO AE 09831; telephone - (2)
751613; FAX - (2) 743204; the US Embassy in Cairo, Egypt is
located at (North Gate) 8, Kamel El-Din Salah Street, Garden City,
Cairo; mailing address - Unit 64900, APO AE 09839-4900; telephone -
(2) 3557371; FAX - (2) 3573200

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@Sudan:Economy

Economy - overview: Sudan is buffeted by civil war, chronic political
instability, adverse weather, weak world commodity prices, a drop in
remittances from abroad, and counterproductive economic policies. The
private sector's main areas of activity are