Sudanese Communist Party

The Sudanese Communist Party (, Al-Hizb al-Shuyui al-Sudani, SCP), is a communist party in the Republic of Sudan. Founded in 1946, it was a major force in Sudanese politics (and one of the two most influential communist parties in the Arab world, with the Iraqi Communist Party) until 1971, when military ruler Gaafar al-Nimeiry launched a wave of repression against the party after a failed coup implicated the involvement of some Communist officers. Abdel Khaliq Mahjub, Joseph Garang, Alshafi Ahmed Elshikh, Babkir Elnour, Hashim Elatta (the best-known party leaders), were executed. The party remained officially dissolved, but some CPS politicians entered into the government.