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The ousted Sudanese president Omar al Bashir, who was in power for three decades, has appeared before a court in Khartoum on Monday, where he will be tried for corruption. Bashir would have also received $ 90 million in cash from Saudi Arabia, a senior head of the Sudanese police, Ahmed Ali , has declared in court. He has said that the former president confided that the money was given to him by "envoys of Mohamed Bin Salman," the Saudi crown prince.

At the end of April, the head of the Military Transition Council, General Abdel Fattah al Burhan, had claimed that the equivalent of 113 million dollars (in different currencies) in cash had been seized at Al Bashir's residence in Khartoum. He also indicated that the police, the Army and security agents found seven million euros, 350,000 dollars and 5,000 million Sudanese pounds (about 93 million euros) during the search.

Also, in May, the attorney general declared that Al Bashir had been accused of murders committed during demonstrations against the regime, which eventually led to his departure from power, without knowing when to respond to this accusation.

Omar al Bashir, deposed by the army on April 11 amid massive demonstrations, has arrived at the court escorted by an imposing military convoy. His process should have started on Saturday, but it was postponed.

The 75-year-old former president, detained in a Khartoum prison, was informed by the prosecutor that he is facing charges of "illegal possession of foreign currencies, corruption" and for having "received gifts illegally."

The demonstrations that broke out on December 19, 2018, due to the increase in the price of bread, led to protests against the military government and a political crisis. Demonstrations continued after the fall of Al Bashir to demand a transfer of power to civilians. Finally, an agreement was signed on Saturday between the generals in power and the answering movement.

The most serious accusations against Al Bashir, who led the country with an iron hand after the 1989 coup d'etat, are those of the International Criminal Court (ICC) of The Hague, of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. According to the UN, in 16 years the conflict has caused more than 300,000 dead and more than 2.5 million displaced.

The ICC has demanded for years that Al Bashir be tried and renewed the call after its overthrow. In a statement released last week, Amnesty International warned that the corruption process should not divert attention from the strongest accusations it faces in The Hague.

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