SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Radio Dabanga - Former Sudan Minister and collaborators acquitted of terrorism charges

8/4/2022: Radio Dabanga - Former Sudan Minister and collaborators acquitted of terrorism charges

Radio Dabanga report that the Khartoum Criminal Court has acquitted Ibrahim Ghandour, the former foreign minister of the National Congress Party (NCP), of charges of inciting war against the state.

The court released Ghandour and 12 others after the witness retracted his statement, telling the court that he was threatened.

Ghandour and his co-conspirators were accused of planning to assassinate leaders in the transitional government, bombing the Legislative Council and other government headquarters, as well as planning a military coup on 30 June 2022.