By AFPMore by this AuthorSudan's prosecutor general has ordered the questioning of ousted president Omar al-Bashir over money-laundering and "financing terrorism", the official SUNA news agency said on Thursday. "The acting public prosecutor general Al-Waleed Sayyed Ahmed has ordered the questioning of former president Omar al-Bashir... under anti-money laundering and financing terrorism laws," SUNA said. Bashir, who swept to power in an Islamist-backed coup in 1989, ruled Sudan with an iron fist for three decades. During his rule the country was placed on Washington's list of state sponsors of terrorism over its alleged links with Islamist militants. BLACKLISTIn October 2017, Washington lifted a 20-year-old trade embargo imposed on Sudan, but kept the country on the terrorism blacklist.

Source: Daily Nation May 02, 2019 19:07 UTC