Republican Brotherhood

Republican Brotherhood (Arabic: إخوان الجمهوريين) was a small, but influential political party in Sudan. The party was founded in the 1945, by Mahmoud Mohamed Taha. The party came into the limelight in 1983, as Taha opposed the implementations of sharia laws by Jaafar Nimeiry. Taha was arrested and executed in 1985. The party continued to exist for a few years, being disbanded sometime after 1989.

Republican Brotherhood
اخوان الجمهوريين
LeaderMahmoud Mohamed Taha
Founded1945
Dissolved1989
HeadquartersKhartoum, Sudan
IdeologySecularism
Republicanism
Sudanese nationalism
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