Former PM of Sudan Sadiq Mahdi dies of COVID-19

Mahdi was diagnosed of COVID-19 in early November and his health condition significantly deteriorated on Wednesday.

Khartoum: Former Sudanese Prime Minister and the head of the opposition National Umma Party, Sadiq Mahdi, has died due to COVID-19 related complications, Sudanese media reported. He was 84-year-old.

The former Prime Minister has reportedly breathed his last in the United Arab Emirates.

Mahdi was the Prime Minister of Sudan in 1966-1967 and 1986-1989. He had also been in long-year opposition to former President Omar Bashir.

ANI

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