- KHARTOUM: Sudanese authorities on Wednesday released Islamist opposition leader Hassan Al-Turabi 1-1/2 months after arresting him in Khartoum and closing his party's newspaper, his secretary said.
"Dr. Turabi has arrived at his home...We do not know why he has been released," secretary Awad Babiker told Reuters.
Turabi, who was close to President Omar Hassan Al-Bashir before a bitter power struggle and split in 1999/2000, has been in and out of jail since he formed his Popular Congress Party.