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Agence France-Presse

Ousted Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir is to appear in court this week to face charges of corruption and illegal possession of foreign currency, the country’s acting prosecutor general said.
The announcement came more than two months after the military overthrew Bashir following mass nationwide protests against his iron-fisted rule.
Bashir will appear in court “following charges of corruption and possessing foreign currency”, Al-Waleed Sayyed Ahmed told reporters, without specifying the day.
On Thursday, an unnamed official quoted by the official SUNA news agency said Bashir was facing charges including “possessing foreign funds, acquiring suspected and illegal wealth, and ordering the (state of) emergency”.
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In April, Sudan’s army ruler General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said more than US$113 million worth of cash in three currencies had been seized from Bashir’s residence.
He said a team of police, army and security agents found €7 million (US$7.8 million), US$350,000 and five billion Sudanese pounds (US$105 million).
When he imposed the state of emergency on February 22 in a bid to quell protests that erupted in December, Bashir issued a decree making it illegal to possess more than US$5,000 in foreign currency.
Bashir, who was toppled on April 11 following months of protests and is currently being held in the capital’s Kober prison, swept to power in an Islamist-backed coup in 1989.

Sudan suffered high rates of corruption during his rule, ranking 172 out of 180 countries in Transparency International’s 2018 Corruption Perceptions Index.
Last month, Ahmed ordered Bashir questioned over money-laundering and “financing terrorism”.
In May, the prosecutor general said Bashir had been charged over the killings of protesters during the anti-regime demonstrations, which eventually led to his ouster.
Ahmed also said on Saturday that other “symbols of the ousted regime” were under investigation.
He did not name the others accused but said most of the charges were over the “possession of land”.
Protests against Bashir’s rule initially erupted on December 19 after his then government tripled the price of bread.
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He was ousted by the army after thousands of demonstrators launched a sit-in outside military headquarters in central Khartoum from April 6.
But army generals have resisted protesters’ demands to hand power to a civilian administration.
The protesters kept up their sit-in even as their leaders held several rounds of talks with the generals on installing civilian rule.
But talks broke down in May over who would lead a new overall governing body – a civilian or soldier.
And on June 3, armed men in military fatigues launched a crackdown on demonstrators camped outside the army complex that left dozens of people dead and hundreds wounded.
Protesters and witnesses accuse a feared paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), of carrying out the assault on demonstrators.
Doctors linked to the protest movement say about 120 people have been killed in Khartoum since the crackdown, while the health ministry says 61 people died nationwide on June 3.


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‘Suitcases loaded with cash’: Sudan’s ousted leader Omar al-Bashir faces corruption trial

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir was forced out of power in April. Photo: AP

Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, top right, the deputy head of the military council that assumed power in Sudan after the overthrow of President Omar al-Bashir, stands on military vehicle as he waves to his supporters during a rally, in Garawee town, north of Sudan, Saturday, June 15, 2019. The top U.S. diplomat to Africa said there must be an "independent and credible" investigation into the Sudanese military's violent dispersal of a protest camp in the capital earlier this month, as the ruling military council failed to announce the findings of its own investigation on Saturday as promised. (AP Photo)

Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir waves to his supporters in January. He was forced out of power in April. Photo: Reuters

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Sudanese forces deployed around Khartoum's army headquarters. Photo: AFP

In this image made from video, Sudanese forces escort civilian in Khartoum, Sudan on Monday, June 3, 2019. Sudanese security forces moved against a protest sit-in camp in the capital Monday, witnesses and protest organizers said. Machine gun fire and explosions were heard and smoke rose from the area. Protest organizers said at least two people were killed.(AP Photo via AP video)

An image grab taken from a video posted on Ahmed Kwarte's Facebook page shows Sudanese protesters carrying a wounded demonstrator during confrontation with security forces near Khartoum's army headquarters on June 3, 2019. - Sudan's military on June 4 cancelled a power-transfer agreement with protesters and called for elections within nine months, a day after more than 35 demonstrators were killed in what they called a "bloody massacre". (Photo by Ebrahim Hamid / AFP)

Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir forced out of power after military takeover

Sudanese demonstrators stand on an armoured military vehicle on April 11, 2019. Photo: AFP

Sudanese protesters cheer for passing soldiers near the military headquarters in the capital Khartoum on April 11, 2019. - The Sudanese army today was planning to make "an important announcement", state media said, after months of protests demanding the resignation of longtime leader President Omar al-Bashir. Thousands of Khartoum residents chanted "the regime has fallen" as they flooded the area around army headquarters where protesters have held an unprecedented sit-in now in its sixth day. (Photo by - / AFP)

FILE PHOTO: Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir waves to supporters during a rally against the International Criminal Court (ICC), after arriving from Ethiopia, at Khartoum Airport in Sudan, July 30, 2016. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/File Photo

FILE PHOTO: Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir addresses the National Dialogue Committee meeting at the Presidential Palace in Khartoum, Sudan April 5, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/File Photo

Sudanese people chant slogans in the capital Khartoum on April 11, 2019. - Sudanese crowds demanding the ousting of President Omar al-Bashir flooded to the army headquarters chanting "the regime has fallen," as they await an "important announcement" from the military. Sources and witnesses also told AFP that soldiers had raided both the state television and the offices of a group linked to Bashir's ruling party. (Photo by - / AFP)

epa07498299 Demonstrators take part in a protest demanding the departure of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir as they wait for an announcement outside the Sudanese Army headquarters in Khartoum, Sudan, 11 April 2019. According to media reports, Omar al-Bashir was expected to step down from the presidency following a four month uprising, held by citizens calling for his resignation. EPA-EFE/STR

Sudanese protesters rally in Khartoum on April 11, 2019. Photo: Reuters

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Suitcases loaded with cash were seized from Omar al-Bashir’s residence
Ousted president had already been charged with incitement and involvement in the killing of protesters


Omar al-Bashir’s trial will be a test of how serious the country’s transitional military council is about trying to erase his legacy after 30 years of autocratic rule.


‘Suitcases loaded with cash’: Sudan’s ousted leader Omar al-Bashir faces corruption trial

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Suitcases loaded with cash were seized from Omar al-Bashir’s residence

Ousted president had already been charged with incitement and involvement in the killing of protesters