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}}The '''National Congress Party''' was the ruling party of Sudan from its formation in 1998 until [[Omar al-Bashir]] was deposed by the Sudanese army in 2019. Long steeped in controversy, the NCP and its precursors have associated themselves with such notorious terrorists as [[Osama bin Laden]] and a variety of extremist groups including [[al-Qaeda]], [[Hamas]], and [[Hezbollah]]. | }}The '''National Congress Party''' was the ruling party of Sudan from its formation in 1998 until [[Omar al-Bashir]] was deposed by the Sudanese army in 2019. Long steeped in controversy, the NCP and its precursors have associated themselves with such notorious terrorists as [[Osama bin Laden]] and a variety of extremist groups including [[al-Qaeda]], [[Hamas]], and [[Hezbollah]]. | ||
The NCP was established in 1998 by key political figures in the | The NCP was established in 1998 by key political figures in the National Islamic Front (NIF) as well as other politicians. The rule of the NCP was the longest and, by most standards, most successful reign in independent contemporary Sudanese history. It grew out of the Islamist student activism of the [[Muslim Brotherhood]], passing through the same revolutionary salafi jihadism. The party followed the ideologies of Islamism, Pan-Arabism, and Arab nationalism. | ||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||