KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Police used batons to clear around 80 protesters who were blocking a major road in Khartoum on Friday to demand the release of Sudanese opposition leader Sadiq al-Mahdi, arrested last month.
Mahdi, a former prime minister who heads the opposition Umma Party, was detained after the public prosecutor ordered an investigation into charges that he insulted security forces in comments about a surge in violence in the Darfur region.
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