“Opposition leaders in Sudan gripen”
“security Forces have arrested the sudanese opposition leader Mariam Sadiq al-Mahdi, according to his family. She was taken away in the morning for questioning, and has not since been heard of, ” said the sister to the AFP.”
“Mariam Sadiq al-Mahdi is the vice-leader of the main opposition party, the Umma, and has led campaigns against the sitting president, Omar al-Bashir’s government.”
“After close to a year in exile, she returned to Sudan in december, at the same time as a wave of protests against the government broke out.”
