Sudan’s ex-president Omar al-Bashir has been sentenced to two years in a social reform facility for corruption.
The judge told the court that, under Sudanese law, people over the age of 70 cannot serve jail terms.
Bashir is 75.
The ex-Sudanese leader also faces charges related to the 1989 coup that brought him to power, genocide, and the killing of protesters before his ousting in April.
During the sentencing, his supporters started chanting that the trial was “political” and were ordered to leave.
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