The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is a group of 13 political parties

Party

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 that formed in 1989 to oppose the new regime of Omar Hassan al-Bashir after he seized power in a military coup on June 6, 1989. The NDA signed a deal with the Sudanese government on June 18, 2005, following a peace agreement to the Second Sudanese Civil War

Second Sudanese Civil War

The Second Sudanese Civil War started in 1983, although it was largely a continuation of the First Sudanese Civil War of 1955 to 1972. Although it originated in southern Sudan, the civil war spread to the Nuba mountains and Blue Nile by the end of the 1980s....

 on January 9, 2005. Some issues have yet to be resolved by opposing factions, including the conflict and humanitarian issues in the war-torn region of Darfur

Darfur

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. After further violent clashes in the east, a separate peace deal was signed with the Beja Congress

Beja Congress

The Beja Congress is a political group comprising several ethnic entities, most prominently the Beja, of the eastern region of Sudan. It was founded in 1957 by Dr. Taha Osman Bileya together with a group of Beja intellectuals, as a political platform for the politically and economically...

 in October 2006.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6052156.stm

The Leadership Council of the NDA includes the following organizations:

1. The Democratic Unionist Party
   Democratic Unionist Party (Sudan)
   The Democratic Unionist Party is the oldest political party in Sudan.Sudan's first President Ismail al-Azhari was a member of the party when it was known as the National Unionist Party...
   
    (DUP).
2. The Umma Party.
3. The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement and Sudan People's Liberation Army
   Sudan People's Liberation Army
   The Sudan People's Liberation Movement is a political party in South Sudan. It was initially founded as a rebel political movement with a military wing known as the Sudan People's Liberation Army estimated at 180,000 soldiers. The SPLM fought in the Second Sudanese Civil War against the Sudanese...
   
    (SPLM/SPLA).
4. The Union of Sudan African Parties (USAP).
5. The Communist Party of Sudan (CPS).
6. The General Council of the Trade Unions Federations.
7. The Legitimate Command of the Sudanese Armed Forces.
8. The Beja Congress
   Beja Congress
   The Beja Congress is a political group comprising several ethnic entities, most prominently the Beja, of the eastern region of Sudan. It was founded in 1957 by Dr. Taha Osman Bileya together with a group of Beja intellectuals, as a political platform for the politically and economically...
   
   .
9. The Sudan Alliance Forces.
10. The Federal Democratic Alliance.
11. The Rashaida Free Lions
    Rashaida Free Lions
    The Rashaida Free Lions are an armed group of the Rashaida people that was active in the eastern regions of Sudan. The Free Lions were formed in November 1999 by Mabrouk Mubarak Salim....
    
    .
12. The Arab Baath Socialist Party
    Sudanese Ba'ath Party
    Sudanese Ba'ath Party is a political party in Sudan. The party is led by Mohamed Ali Jadin.The party emerged out of a split within the pan-Arab Ba'ath Party. Another Sudanese faction, led by Kamal Boulad remained in the pan-Arab party....
    
    .
13. Independent National Figures.
14. Representatives of the Liberated Areas.
15. Sudanese National Party.

External links

• National Democratic Alliance web site