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    Qur'an and AK-47: the 30-year rule of Sudan's Omar al-Bashir

    Ex-soldier led coup of 1989, indicted for genocide 20 years later and now deposed by army
    by Jason Burke Africa correspondent Apr 11, 2019 2 minutes
    Omar al-Bashir at the presidential palace in Khartoum, Sudan last week. Photograph: Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/Reuters

    The dramatic life of Omar al-Bashir has been defined by conflict and political upheaval, so it is fitting that his 30-year rule over Sudan ended with his forced removal by the army, as thousands of people thronged the streets of the capital, Khartoum.

    Demonstrators in Khartoum on Thursday.
    Demonstrators in Khartoum on Thursday. Photograph: Ashraf Shazly/AFP/Getty Images

    The son of a farmer, Bashir was born in 1944 in what was still the Kingdom of Egypt

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