SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Multiple sources – Sudanese government files lawsuit against Islamist preacher

11/10/19: Multiple sources – Sudanese government files lawsuit against Islamist preacher

• Sudan Tribune

• Radio Dabanga

 The Sudanese government has filed a lawsuit against Abdulhay Yousif, after his attack on female sports minister Walaa Al-Boushi, saying that his statements are an attack on the policy to restore the role of and status of women in society.

 Abdulhay Yousif attacked Al-Boushi over the inception of Sudan’s first women’s football league.

 Faisal Mohamed Saleh, Minister of Information, said “the cabinet directed the Ministry of Justice to take the necessary legal measures to demonstrate its solidarity (with the minister) because it is a public issue and not a personal matter."

 Omar al-Bashir’s National Congress Party has launched a campaign in support of Abdulhay Yousif.