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Sudan finds mass grave believed to have bodies of officers executed by Bashir

Sudan has found a mass grave that most likely contains the remains of 28 army officers executed in 1990 for plotting an attempted coup against former president Omar al-Bashir, the public prosecutor office said on Thursday.

The officers were executed in mysterious circumstances after a quick military trial one year after Bashir himself took power in a military coup in 1989. The burial site was not disclosed for decades.

“The public prosecution managed to find...

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