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Sudan's Main Opposition Leader Backs Protests
Sudan's opposition leader Sadiq al-Mahdi has joined calls for the president to go.
The veteran Sudanese opposition leader and former prime minister Sadiq al-Mahdi, has given his most overt backing to the protests against Omar al-Bashir, calling for the president's immediate resignation.
Plus South Africa's University of Pretoria has dropped Afrikaans as its official language in favour of English.
And the satirical Resident Presidents are in nostalgic mood, recalling the days of old-fashioned coups.
(Image: Sadiq al-Mahdi. Credit: Getty Images)
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