Mahdi released
Sudanese authorities released the former prime minister and opposition figure Sadiq al-Mahdi after 24 hours following a speech he gave calling for democratic reforms, Reuter reports from Khartoum. 'I was not arrested, they just took me in for questions,' Mr Sadiq said at his home in Khartoum yesterday.
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