The coup put an end to the newly facilitated democratic system of government in Sudan , which was established in 1985 , and replaced it with a totalitarian regime led by Omar al-Bashir , which was responsible for a series of war crimes and human rights violations . The support which the new Sudanese government received from the NIF , which would eventually lead it to receive support from Iran , enabled it to make large-scale arms purchases from China and the former Soviet republics , which it used to step up the still on-going civil war in the south in an effort to end it with a military victory . Under the heavy influence of the NIF , the government also banned political parties , trade unions , and other “ nonreligious institutions " , imposed tight controls on the press as well as strict dress and behavior codes on women . More than 78,000 people were purged from the army , police and civil administration , resulting in a thorough reshaping of the state apparatus . Al-Bashir has been held responsible for the Darfur Genocide by the International Criminal Court , which has sought his extradition since 2008 on charges of genocide , war crimes , and crimes against humanity . Al-Bashir 's regime was removed from power in another military coup on 11 April 2019
Darfur Genocide
Darfur genocide
1989 Sudanese coup d'état