SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Multiple sources – Al Bashir kept key to room with millions of euros, court hears

7/9/19: Multiple sources – Al Bashir kept key to room with millions of euros, court hears

• Reuters, by Khalid Abdelaziz

• CNN, by Yassir Abdalla

 Former president Omar Al Bashir was the only person with a key to a room at the presidential palace holding millions of euros, his last office manager Yasser Basheer testified.

 Basheer said the former president gave him more than 10 million euros’ ($11 million) cash in his final months of rule for delivery to different parties, including 5 million euros for Abdelrahim Hamdan Dagalo, Himedti’s brother and deputy head of the Rapid Support Forces.

 Other recipients of cash included the Defence Ministry, plus military personnel and civilians for medical treatment, Basheer said, adding that he did not know the source of the cash and was only following orders.

 Abdelmoneim Mohamed, an accountant at the International University of Africa, a private institution with links to Islamists, also testified in Bashir’s defence. He said the university’s director and deputy director received 4 million euros in cash from Bashir.