By Mawahib Abdallatif More by this AuthorA special court in Khartoum has postponed the trial of ousted Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and a number of officials from his regime by a week. The court said it was doing so after defence attorneys raised questions about the suitability of the court in the pandemic season. Mohammad Al-Hassan Al-Amin, a member of the defence, said the team had concerns about health conditions of the courtroom. The defence team also objected to the decision of the Empowerment Removal Committee which dismissed a number of court judges because of their ties to the previous regime. He stayed in power for 30 years before being overthrown on April 11, 2019 after several months of unprecedented, youth-led street demonstrations.

Source: Daily Nation August 26, 2020 03:21 UTC