Artificial Intelligence · Sudan
AI regulation in Sudan: laws & policy (2026)
Sudan shaded by its artificial intelligence status
AI in Sudan: no framework, anchored by 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..
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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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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