Hassan al-Turabi

Sudan frees Islamist opposition leader

Sudan frees Islamist opposition leaderNairobi/Khartoum  - Sudan's Islamist opposition leader Hassan al-Turabi was freed after two months of imprisonment, news reports said Monday. Authorities gave no explanation for the release of the moderate opposition leader, which came just a few days after the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague issued an arrest warrant against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir. Al-Turabi's state of health deteriorated significantly in the past days, the Sudan Tribune reported, quoting members of his family.