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World Service,5 mins

Remembering Sudan's last democratically-elected PM

Focus on Africa

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Looking back on the life of Sadiq al-Mahdi, the last democratically-elected prime minister of Sudan. He was overthrown by the military coup which brought Omar al-Bashir to power in 1989, and has passed away in the UAE at the age of 84, after receiving treatment for Covid-19. Mohanad Hashim, executive director for content at the Sudan Radio and Television Corporation, tells the Âé¶¹Éç's Esau Williams that Sadiq al-Mahdi's death comes at a critical time for Sudanese politics. (Photo: Sadiq al-Mahdi pictured in 2010; Credit: EBRAHIM HAMID/AFP via Getty Images)

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