Sudan's former PM Sadiq al-Mahdi dies from coronavirus in UAE

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Leading Sudanese politician and former prime minister Sadiq al-Mahdi died from a coronavirus infection three weeks after being hospitalised in the United Arab Emirates, according to family sources and a party statement early on Thursday.

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Mahdi, 84, was Sudan’s last democratically elected prime minister and was overthrown in 1989 in the military coup that brought former president Omar al-Bashir to power.

Last month, al-Mahdi’s family said he had tested positive for COVID-19, and was transferred to the UAE for treatment a few days later following a brief hospitalisation in Sudan. Mahdi had returned to Sudan in December 2018, following a year-long self-exile, just as protests over worsening economic conditions and Bashir’s rule gathered steam. His daughter Mariam Sadiq al-Mahdi, deputy leader of the Umma Party, was among those detained during the demonstrations.

Opposition parties were weakened greatly under Bashir’s three-decade regime, and are jostling for power with the military during Sudan’s transition, making the Umma Party’s continued unity crucial to maintaining the balance of power.

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Allah Yirhamu. RIP. He attempted to establish and lead a democratic political system in Sundan in the 1980s. He was the first elected President of Sudan and took over from the provisional President General Sewar El Dhahab who took over after Nimeri was deposed.

Rest King

Wow

I remember his words made in an interview few years ago “ you should take beneifit from my great knowledge and wisdom as long I’m alive “ such an ego !!!!

Nobody cares....

Why did he have a diaper on his head?

What a weak loser. Can't even muster the vitality to fight back a spicy cold.

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