Egypt Bans Sudanese Opposition Meeting in Cairo

16 August 2014

Cairo — Egyptian authorities have prevented the opposition Sudanese Broad National Front (BNF) led by Ali Mahmoud Hassanein from holding its second general convention which was supposed to take place in Cairo on Saturday under the title of "unity of the opposition to overthrow the regime and not to engage in dialogue with it".

Informed sources told Sudan Tribune that a senior security official had notified Hassanein over the phone, moments before the start of the sessions, that security services and official bodies didn't approve of the convention which discusses ways for activating BNF's activities in order to topple the Sudanese regime.

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