Thousands come out for funeral of former Sudan PM al-Mahdi

Body of former Sudan’s prime minster Sadiq al-Mahdi arrives to Khartoum (Marwan Ali/AP)

Thousands of Sudanese came out in the city of Omdurman for the funeral of the country’s last elected prime minister Sadiq al-Mahdi, who died of Covid-19.

Mr al-Mahdi’s body arrived earlier in the day from Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, where he had been flown to receive medical treatment after testing positive for coronavirus in early November.