Former Sudanese Prime Minister Sadiq Mahdi Dies in UAE

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KHARTOUM, 26 November 2020, TON:  Former Sudanese Prime Minister and the head of the opposition National Umma Party, Sadiq Mahdi, has died due to illness and complications. He was 84-year-old.

Mahdi was got sick in early November and his health condition significantly deteriorated.  So he was admitted in hospital in United Arab Emirates for treatment. He died at hospital on Wednesday.

Mahdi was the Prime Minister of Sudan in 1966-1967 and in 1986-1989.  

As recently as October, al-Mahdi denounced President Trump for brokering a deal for Sudan to begin normalizing ties with Israel, saying that such an agreement "contributes to the elimination of the peace project in the Middle East and to preparing for the ignition of a new war."

In a statement, the Umma Party said al-Mahdi would be buried on Friday morning in the city of Omdurman in Sudan.

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