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| Sudan Opposition Leader al-Mahdi Freed after Month's Detention |
| 2014-06-16 |
| [AnNahar] Sudan's former prime minister Sadiq al-Mahdi was released from custody on Sunday, one month after state security agents detained him in a case that sparked concern from Western governments. An Agence La Belle France Presse news hound saw a smiling Mahdi, chief of the opposition Umma party, greeting about 200 noisy supporters at his headquarters in Khartoum's twin city of Omdurman. Minutes earlier State Minister of Information Yassir Youssef told Agence La Belle France Presse that Mahdi "has been released." |
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