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Former Sudanese Prime Minister and head of the opposition Umma Party Sadeq al-Mahdi addresses residents displaced by the Merowe dam as they stage a sit-down protest against what they describe as injustice and oppression, inside the Umma Party Headquarters in Omdurman December 24, 2011. The Merowe dam project, which was completed in 2009, displaced tens of thousands of people and has long been a source of controversy. REUTERS/ Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah (SUDAN – Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Sudan: Al-Mahdi Returns to the Country From Self-imposed Exile

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 25, 2017 | Middle East

Sadiq Al-Mahdi, the former Prime Minister of Sudan who is also the head of the National Umma Party and the religious movement the Ansar, will return to Sudan after spending more than two years in self-imposed exile in Egypt. His party and supporters announced that...

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Opposition Umma Party leader and former Prime Minister Sadiq Al Mahdi (left) speaks during joint news conference with Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir (R) after their meeting at Mahadi’s house in Omdurman August 27, 2013. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah

Sudan’s Umma Party Chief on Protests

by Ahmed Younis | Oct 6, 2013 | Interviews

Khartoum, Asharq Al-Awsat—Although events elsewhere have overshadowed it, another chapter of the ‘Arab Spring’ may be being written in Sudan, where protests over the rises in fuel prices has sparked widespread popular anger against the government, in turn leading to a...