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Trial of Sudan's Bashir over 1989 military coup resumes today

Sudan's ex-president Omar al-Bashir appears in court in the capital Khartoum on August 31, 2019.

Photo credit: Ebrahim Hamid | AFP

By  AFP

What you need to know:

  • Bashir's trial alongside 27 other defendants had been delayed on August 10 as the defence team sought bail for three defendants.
  • The 76-year-old and his co-accused could face the death penalty if convicted over the 1989 Islamist-backed overthrow of the democratically elected government of prime minister Sadek al-Mahdi.

Khartoum,

The trial of Sudan's ousted ex-president Omar al-Bashir, over the military coup that brought him to power in 1989, is to resume Tuesday, his lawyer told AFP.

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