KHARTOUM, Nov. 26, (Xinhua/GNA) – Sudan’s former Prime Minister and leader of the National Umma Party (NUP), Sadiq al-Mahdi, has died from the novel coronavirus, the NUP announced in a statement early Thursday.
Al-Mahdi, aged 84, was flown to the United Arab Emirates to receive treatment after he tested positive for COVID-19 earlier this month, but his condition deteriorated during the past hours and died there from an acute pneumonia due to complications of the virus.
Al-Mahdi was born in December 1935 in Sudan’s Omdurman city.
He served as Sudan’s Prime Minister during 1966 -1967 and 1986 -1989.
GNA