Sudan cancels passports issued to foreigners

By AFP
December 11, 2020

KHARTOUM: Sudan’s interim authorities have cancelled more than 3,500 passports issued to foreign residents by the government of ousted president Omar-al-Bashir, the interior ministry announced on Thursday. Sudanese media reported that the great majority of those affected were citizens of Arab countries, particularly Syria, who had paid Bashir aides a going rate of 10,000 dollars a head to obtain citizenship.