Government

Independence: 1 January 1956 (from Egypt and the UK)
Government type: Federal republic
Chief of state: Umar Hassan Ahmad al-BASHIR (October 1993)
Flag: three vertical stripes of red, white, black with a green equilateral triangle on the left hand side
National anthem: ‘Nahnu Jund Allah Jund Al Watan (we are the army of God and of our land

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