Sudan”s Turabi buried outside Khartoum

Prominent Sudanese politician Hassan al-Turabi was buried Sunday in a cemetery east of the capital, Khartoum, following a funeral attended by thousands of mourners. Turabi died Saturday of a heart attack at the age of 84. He once played a major role in the 1989 coup that brought President Omar al-Bashir to power. However, the […]

Prominent Sudanese politician Hassan al-Turabi was buried Sunday in a cemetery east of the capital, Khartoum, following a funeral attended by thousands of mourners.
Turabi died Saturday of a heart attack at the age of 84.
He once played a major role in the 1989 coup that brought President Omar al-Bashir to power.
However, the two close allies later became bitter foes, and Turabi became the only Sudanese politician to support a warrant for Bashir’s arrest by the International Criminal Court on charges of war crimes.