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SD flag Sudan party

Sudanese Communist Party

الحزب الشيوعي السوداني

Long-standing Sudanese Marxist party; has been periodically banned and persecuted across multiple regimes.

Family
leftist communist
Standing
Opposition (minor)
Review
Verified
Founded
1946
Current leader
Mohammed Mukhtar al-Khatib
Founders
Abdel Khaliq Mahjub and others

Position — compass as of 2026-06-08

Economic
-8.0 state-leaning
Social
+6.0 autonomy-leaning
Quadrant
libertarian statist

First-pass hand-coded estimate; pending second-pass external review. See methodology for the rubric.

In Sudan
-10 -10 -5 -5 5 5 10 10 Libertarian · Statist Libertarian · Market Authority · Statist Authority · Market 1 parties 2 parties ← Statist Market → Libertarian ↑ ↓ Authority Social ↕ Economic ↔ Sudanese Communist Party (SD) · Economic -8.0, Social +6.0 SD Sudanese Communist Party Democratic Unionist Party (SD) · Economic +2.5, Social -4.0 SD Democratic Unionist Party National Umma Party (SD) · Economic +2.0, Social -3.0 SD National Umma Party
Among leftist communist parties · 12
-10 -10 -5 -5 5 5 10 10 Libertarian · Statist Libertarian · Market Authority · Statist Authority · Market 12 parties leftist-communist centroid · 12 parties ← Statist Market → Libertarian ↑ ↓ Authority Social ↕ Economic ↔ Sudanese Communist Party (SD) · Economic -8.0, Social +6.0 Sudanese Communist Party Tunisian Workers Party (TN) · Economic -9.0, Social +5.0 Tunisian Workers Party Workers' Party (DZ) · Economic -9.0, Social +3.5 Workers' Party Yemeni Socialist Party (YE) · Economic -6.0, Social +5.0 Yemeni Socialist Party Hadash-Ta'al (IL) · Economic -6.0, Social +6.0 Hadash-Ta'al Jordanian Communist Party (JO) · Economic -9.0, Social +5.5 Jordanian Communist Party PFLP (PS) · Economic -9.0, Social +4.0 PFLP Tagammu Party (EG) · Economic -7.0, Social +4.0 Tagammu Party Hadash (IL) · Economic -8.0, Social +6.5 Hadash Union of Forces of Progress (MR) · Economic -5.5, Social +4.0 Union of Forces of Progress DFLP (PS) · Economic -8.0, Social +4.5 DFLP Palestinian People's Party (PS) · Economic -8.0, Social +5.0 Palestinian People's Party
In the region · 77
-10 -10 -5 -5 5 5 10 10 Libertarian · Statist Libertarian · Market Authority · Statist Authority · Market 20 parties 11 parties 19 parties 27 parties secular-liberal centroid · 12 parties religious-jewish centroid · 5 parties leftist-socdem centroid · 7 parties islamist-sunni-electoral centroid · 11 parties nationalist-arab centroid · 14 parties leftist-communist centroid · 12 parties nationalist-ethnic centroid · 4 parties islamist-shia centroid · 5 parties religious-christian centroid · 2 parties islamist-militant centroid · 3 parties islamist-salafi centroid · 2 parties ← Statist Market → Libertarian ↑ ↓ Authority Social ↕ Economic ↔ New Wafd Party (EG) · Economic +5.0, Social +3.0 New Wafd Party Religious Zionism Party (IL) · in government · Economic +3.5, Social -8.0 Religious Zionism Party Shas (IL) · in government · Economic -5.0, Social -8.5 Shas Socialist Forces Front (DZ) · Economic -4.0, Social +4.0 Socialist Forces Front Socialist Union of Popular Forces (MA) · Economic -4.0, Social +4.0 Socialist Union of Popular Forces New Hope (IL) · in government · Economic +5.5, Social +2.0 New Hope Noam (IL) · in government · Economic +1.0, Social -9.0 Noam Ennahda (TN) · Economic +2.0, Social -5.0 Ennahda Southern Transitional Council (YE) · in government · Economic +3.5, Social -2.0 Southern Transitional Council Sudanese Communist Party (SD) · Economic -8.0, Social +6.0 Sudanese Communist Party Syrian National Coalition (SY) · Economic +5.0, Social +1.0 Syrian National Coalition Yisrael Beiteinu (IL) · Economic +6.0, Social +4.0 Yisrael Beiteinu Ta'al (IL) · Economic -3.0, Social +4.0 Ta'al National Unity (IL) · Economic +3.0, Social +4.0 National Unity Free Egyptians Party (EG) · Economic +8.0, Social +5.5 Free Egyptians Party Meretz (IL) · Economic -3.0, Social +6.0 Meretz Tunisian Workers Party (TN) · Economic -9.0, Social +5.0 Tunisian Workers Party Workers' Party (DZ) · Economic -9.0, Social +3.5 Workers' Party Yemeni Congregation for Reform (Islah) (YE) · in government · Economic +2.5, Social -7.0 Yemeni Congregation for Reform (Islah) Yemeni Socialist Party (YE) · Economic -6.0, Social +5.0 Yemeni Socialist Party People's Movement (TN) · Economic -6.0, Social +1.0 People's Movement Amal Movement (LB) · in government · Economic -3.5, Social -6.0 Amal Movement Ansar Allah (Houthis) (YE) · in government · Economic -6.0, Social -8.0 Ansar Allah (Houthis) Ba'ath Party (Syria) (SY) · dissolved · Economic -6.5, Social -0.5 Ba'ath Party (Syria) Democratic Unionist Party (SD) · Economic +2.5, Social -4.0 Democratic Unionist Party El Insaf (Equity Party) (MR) · in government · Economic +2.8, Social -6.0 El Insaf (Equity Party) Fatah (PS) · in government · Economic +1.5, Social -1.5 Fatah Free Patriotic Movement (LB) · in government · Economic +2.0, Social -2.0 Free Patriotic Movement Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (SY) · in government · Economic +2.5, Social -8.0 Hayat Tahrir al-Sham Islamic Salvation Front (DZ) · outlawed · Economic -3.0, Social -9.0 Islamic Salvation Front Israeli Labor Party (IL) · Economic -3.0, Social +5.8 Israeli Labor Party Movement of Society for Peace (DZ) · Economic +0.0, Social -7.0 Movement of Society for Peace Justice and Construction Party (LY) · Economic +0.0, Social -6.5 Justice and Construction Party Authenticity and Modernity Party (MA) · in government · Economic +5.0, Social +4.0 Authenticity and Modernity Party Istiqlal Party (MA) · in government · Economic +2.0, Social -4.0 Istiqlal Party National Umma Party (SD) · Economic +2.0, Social -3.0 National Umma Party Hadash-Ta'al (IL) · Economic -6.0, Social +6.0 Hadash-Ta'al Hamas (PS) · in government · Economic -3.0, Social -8.0 Hamas Kurdistan Democratic Party (IQ) · in government · Economic +4.0, Social -3.0 Kurdistan Democratic Party Likud (IL) · in government · Economic +6.0, Social -2.0 Likud National Liberation Front (DZ) · in government · Economic -5.0, Social -3.0 National Liberation Front National Rally for Reform and Development (Tewassoul) (MR) · Economic -1.0, Social -8.0 National Rally for Reform and Development (Tewassoul) Long Live Tunisia (TN) · Economic +6.0, Social +4.0 Long Live Tunisia National Rally of Independents (MA) · in government · Economic +8.0, Social +3.0 National Rally of Independents National Forces Alliance (LY) · Economic +6.0, Social +3.0 National Forces Alliance National Wisdom Movement (IQ) · in government · Economic +1.0, Social -4.0 National Wisdom Movement Reform Party (JO) · Economic +2.5, Social -2.0 Reform Party Otzma Yehudit (IL) · in government · Economic +2.0, Social -8.0 Otzma Yehudit Mubadara (PS) · Economic -0.5, Social +4.5 Mubadara Northern Islamic Movement (IL) · outlawed · Economic -3.0, Social -7.0 Northern Islamic Movement Islamic Action Front (JO) · Economic -1.0, Social -8.0 Islamic Action Front Al-Menbar Islamic Society (BH) · Economic +3.0, Social -7.5 Al-Menbar Islamic Society Hezbollah (LB) · in government · Economic -5.0, Social -8.0 Hezbollah Jordanian Communist Party (JO) · Economic -9.0, Social +5.5 Jordanian Communist Party Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society (BH) · dissolved · Economic -2.0, Social -6.0 Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society State of Law Coalition (IQ) · in government · Economic -3.5, Social -6.0 State of Law Coalition Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PS) · Economic -4.0, Social -9.0 Palestinian Islamic Jihad Nour Party (EG) · Economic +2.5, Social -9.0 Nour Party Islamic Asalah Society (BH) · in government · Economic +3.0, Social -9.0 Islamic Asalah Society United Torah Judaism (IL) · in government · Economic -5.0, Social -9.0 United Torah Judaism Lebanese Forces (LB) · Economic +5.0, Social -1.0 Lebanese Forces Mostaqbal Watan (EG) · in government · Economic +3.0, Social -4.0 Mostaqbal Watan Sairoon Alliance (IQ) · Economic -2.0, Social -6.0 Sairoon Alliance Democratic National Rally (DZ) · in government · Economic -2.0, Social -4.0 Democratic National Rally National Charter Party (JO) · in government · Economic +3.5, Social -3.0 National Charter Party General People's Congress (YE) · Economic -2.0, Social -4.0 General People's Congress Free Destourian Party (TN) · Economic +1.0, Social -1.0 Free Destourian Party PFLP (PS) · Economic -9.0, Social +4.0 PFLP Tagammu Party (EG) · Economic -7.0, Social +4.0 Tagammu Party Hadash (IL) · Economic -8.0, Social +6.5 Hadash Union of Forces of Progress (MR) · Economic -5.5, Social +4.0 Union of Forces of Progress DFLP (PS) · Economic -8.0, Social +4.5 DFLP Egyptian Social Democratic Party (EG) · Economic -2.5, Social +5.0 Egyptian Social Democratic Party Palestinian People's Party (PS) · Economic -8.0, Social +5.0 Palestinian People's Party Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (IQ) · in government · Economic +2.0, Social -2.0 Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Ra'am (United Arab List) (IL) · Economic -2.0, Social -6.0 Ra'am (United Arab List) Yesh Atid (IL) · Economic +4.0, Social +7.0 Yesh Atid

Across the dataset

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Nearest

Closest by average Euclidean distance across all axes.

  1. Palestinian People's Party PS Δ 1.36 vs
  2. Hadash-Ta'al IL Δ 1.50 vs
  3. Hadash IL Δ 1.66 vs
  4. DFLP PS Δ 2.26 vs

Most divergent

Farthest by the same metric. Useful for "anti-axis" framing.

  1. Otzma Yehudit IL Δ 13.66 vs
  2. Religious Zionism Party IL Δ 13.59 vs
  3. Noam IL Δ 13.09 vs
  4. United Torah Judaism IL Δ 12.07 vs

Position — all axes

Economic → Market Social → Libertarian State & religion → Secular state Liberal democracy → Strong commitment West alignment → Pro-Western Regional stance → Stability/normalization Palestinian question → Pro-Palestinian rights Civil liberties → Expand Regime stance → pro-regime Pan-Arab vs particularist → pan-Arab Centralism vs federalism → federalist Traditionalism vs modernization → modernizing Gender equality → Gender equality Iran posture → Pro-Iran / aligned Press freedom → Free press
Sudanese Communist Party Sudan mean
Economic
-8.0
Statist ← → Market
Social
+6.0
Authority ← → Libertarian
State & religion
+8.5
Religious state ← → Secular state
Liberal democracy
+5.0
Weak/anti ← → Strong commitment
West alignment
-6.0
Anti-Western ← → Pro-Western
Regional stance
-4.5
Resistance/maximalist ← → Stability/normalization
Palestinian question
+8.0
Opposed ← → Pro-Palestinian rights
Civil liberties
+7.5
Restrict ← → Expand
Regime stance
-7.0
anti-regime ← → pro-regime
Pan-Arab vs particularist
-7.0 … +7.0 contested
particularist ← → pan-Arab
Centralism vs federalism
+5.5
centralist ← → federalist
Traditionalism vs modernization
+7.0
traditionalist ← → modernizing
Gender equality
—
Patriarchal traditionalism ← → Gender equality
Iran posture
—
Anti-Iran / adversarial ← → Pro-Iran / aligned
Press freedom
—
State-controlled press ← → Free press

Recent events

Political events involving this party — formations, mergers, leadership changes, designation shifts. All events at /pulse →

  • Confirmed Other December 19, 2018

    SCP helps lead the 2018–2019 revolution against Bashir

    The Sudanese Communist Party — through its base in the Sudanese Professionals Association and the Forces of Freedom and Change — was a leading organizer of the uprising that began in December 2018 and toppled Omar al-Bashir in April 2019. It then pressed hardest for an immediate handover to civilian rule, later breaking with the transitional power-sharing deal.

  • Confirmed Other July 19, 1971

    SCP-linked 1971 coup against Nimeiry fails; party leaders executed

    On 19 July 1971 officers led by Hashem al-Atta, close to the Sudanese Communist Party, briefly seized power from Jaafar Nimeiry. Nimeiry loyalists retook Khartoum within three days; he then blamed the SCP and executed several of its leaders, including secretary-general Abdel Khaliq Mahjub and union leader al-Shafie Ahmed el-Sheikh — a blow from which the party never fully recovered.

  • Confirmed Party formed 1946

    Sudanese Communist Party founded

    Founded in 1946 (initially as the Sudanese Movement for National Liberation) among students and workers under British rule, the Sudanese Communist Party grew into one of the strongest communist parties in Africa and the Arab world, with deep roots in the trade unions and professional syndicates.

Source documents

Texts the scoring pipeline reads — manifestos, speeches, platforms. Each document's verbatim content backs the position score above; the model cites specific phrases from these texts when scoring. All documents →

Sources

Per-field citations for the verified claims above. Other fields (notably the compass scores) remain hand-coded priors and are marked unverified until they pass the methodology pipeline — see methodology.

  • founded_year en.wikipedia.org 2026-06-06 Founded 1946; among the oldest Marxist parties in Africa

How to cite

Each record carries a retrieval date because the dataset is live — individual entries update as verification deepens. Use the per-record citation when referencing this specific profile; use the dataset citation below when referencing the project as a whole.

In-text: (Gara, 2026)

Per-record citation

APA 7Reference list · academic default 
Gara, T. (2026). Sudanese Communist Party [Party profile]. Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Retrieved August 5, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/p/scp-sd
Chicago author-dateCommon in political-science journals 
Gara, Tarek. 2026. "Sudanese Communist Party." Party profile, Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Accessed August 5, 2026. https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/p/scp-sd.
BibTeXFor LaTeX / Zotero / reference managers 
@misc{tayyar-scp-sd,
  title     = {{Sudanese Communist Party}},
  author    = {Gara, Tarek},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset},
  type      = {Party profile},
  url       = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/p/scp-sd},
  urldate   = {2026-08-05},
  note      = {First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.}
}

Dataset / working-paper citation

If you're citing Tayyar as a project rather than this individual record.

APA 7Preprint 
Gara, T. (2026). Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset [Preprint]. Retrieved August 5, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper
BibTeXPreprint 
@unpublished{tayyar-preprint,
  title  = {{Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset}},
  author = {Gara, Tarek},
  year   = {2026},
  type   = {Preprint},
  url    = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper},
  urldate = {2026-08-05},
  note   = {Living document, regenerated from the live dataset on page load.}
}

First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.