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AI regulation in Sudan: laws & policy (2026)

AI in Sudan: no framework.

Sudan has no comprehensive AI legislation, no sectoral AI rules, and no published national AI strategy as of May 2026. The only concrete development is the November 2025 establishment of a Sudanese Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority under the Ministry of Digital Transformation and Communications, which lays institutional groundwork but has not yet produced a regulatory framework. Progress is heavily constrained by ongoing armed conflict, political instability, and limited resources.

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Legal framework

No AI-specific law, national AI strategy, or binding guidelines in force. A Sudanese Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority was created by prime-ministerial decree on 5 November 2025, but it has not yet issued any AI regulation; Sudan is also an African Union member expected to domesticate the AU Continental AI Strategy.

Key points: artificial intelligence in Sudan

  1. No dedicated AI law or strategy

    Sudan has not enacted any AI-specific statute, sectoral AI regulation, or formally published national AI strategy; AI is largely unregulated and addressed only in early policy discussion.

    ecofinagency.com

  2. Data & AI Authority created (Nov 2025)

    On 5 November 2025 Prime Minister Kamil Idris issued a decree establishing three bodies under the Ministry of Digital Transformation and Communications, a Digital Transformation Authority, a Sudanese Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority, and a Sudanese Cybersecurity Authority, tasked with national data governance and promoting AI in public services.

    ecofinagency.com

  3. No comprehensive data-protection regime

    Sudan lacks a general data-protection law; relevant rules are fragmented across the Electronic Transactions Act (2007), Cybercrime Act (2007) and its 2020 amendment, with a Draft Data Protection Bill (2018) never enacted, leaving a weak legal foundation for AI governance.

    dataprotection.africa

  4. Cybercrime law, not AI-focused

    The 2020 cybercrime amendments tightened sanctions and have been criticized by ARTICLE 19 for restricting free expression; these address online conduct rather than AI systems specifically.

    article19.org

  5. AU Continental AI Strategy obligations

    As an AU member, Sudan is expected to develop a national AI strategy and governance framework under the AU Continental AI Strategy (endorsed July 2024, Phase I 2025-2026), but it has not yet published one.

    au.int au.int

  6. Low AI readiness amid conflict

    Oxford Insights' Government AI Readiness Index scored Sudan 24.63/100 in 2024, below the sub-Saharan African average (~32.70); ongoing armed conflict, instability, and funding gaps are the main barriers to building AI governance.

    ecofinagency.com

Sources

  1. ecofinagency.com/news-digital/0711-50239-sudan-lays-groundwork-for-digital-state-with-
  2. dataprotection.africa/sudan/
  3. article19.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cybercrime-Law-Sudan-Covid-project-final.p
  4. au.int/sites/default/files/documents/44004-doc-EN-_Continental_AI_Strategy_J
  5. au.int/en/pressreleases/20240617/african-ministers-adopt-landmark-continenta

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