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Sadiq al-Mahdi, Sudan former prime minister, dies of virus

| November 26, 2020 7:06 AM

CAIRO (AP) — Sadiq al-Mahdi, Sudan’s last democratically elected prime minister and leader of the country's largest political party, died of COVID-19 Thursday in a hospital in the United Arab Emirates, his party said. He was 84.

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