Sudan opposition leader Mahdi returns from exile: party
Sudan's former prime minister and head of the opposition Umma Party Sadeq al-Mahdi has been in self-imposed exile, mainly in Cairo. By EBRAHIM HAMID (AFP/File)
Khartoum (AFP) - Sudanese opposition leader and ex-prime minister Sadiq al-Mahdi returned to the country on Thursday more than two years after he fled abroad, his party said.
Mahdi, whose civilian government was overthrown in a 1989 coup that brought President Omar al-Bashir to power, flew in to Khartoum, said his daughter Mariam al-Mahdi, deputy head of the Umma party.