Popular Congress Party (Sudan)

Popular Congress Party
Leader	Hassan al-Turabi
Founded	1999 (1999)
Split from	National Congress Party
Headquarters	Khartoum, Sudan
Newspaper	Ray al-Shaab
Ideology	Sunni Islamism
National affiliation	National Consensus Forces (NCF)
National Assembly of Sudan	4 / 354
Council of States of Sudan	0 / 50
Website
popularcongress.org
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Popular Congress Party is a political party in Sudan. The party is led by Hassan al-Turabi.^[1]

The party emerged from a split within the ruling National Congress Party in 1999, due to differences between Turabi and President Omar al-Bashir.^[1] The party is one of the most outspoken against the National Congress, advocating a popular uprising to overthrow the government.^[2] The party relies heavily on displaced Western Sudanese living in Khartoum's shanty towns for support.^[1]

The party is a member of the National Consensus Forces opposition alliance.^[3]

The party newspaper, Ray al-Shaab, has been banned since 2012.^[4]

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Political parties in Sudan

Parliament	National Congress (323) Democratic Unionist Party (25) Democratic Unionist Party (al-Digair) (15) Other minor parties (44)

Unrepresented	Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party Country of Sudan Organization of Sudan National Consensus Forces Popular Congress Party Umma Party Sudanese Communist Party National Islamic Front Liberal Democratic Party Liberal Democrats Sudanese Ba'ath Party Sudanese Socialist Democratic Union

Banned parties	Sudan People's Liberation Movement/North

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