Sudan: Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi's Health Condition is Stable

Leader of National Umma Party, Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi (File photo: Reuters)
Leader of National Umma Party, Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi (File photo: Reuters)
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Sudan: Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi's Health Condition is Stable

Leader of National Umma Party, Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi (File photo: Reuters)
Leader of National Umma Party, Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi (File photo: Reuters)

Sudan's National Umma Party announced that its leader Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi is in a stable condition and is still receiving COVID-19 treatment at Sheikh Khalifa Medical City (SKMCA) in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

The party's daily press briefing indicated that al-Mahdi is undergoing a “strict protocol of treatment” as he remains in the hospital, while his companions have fully recovered.

The test results of al-Mahdi’s daughter, Maryam, came back negative.

Last week, Al-Mahdi was kept under observation in a hospital in Sudan after testing positive for the coronavirus, as 21 of his family and party members have contracted the virus.

The party later announced that he was flown by private jet to the UAE to receive treatment, accompanied by his two sons and daughters.

A number of Sudanese top officials were infected by the coronavirus, including two senior associates of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok who tested positive for the virus.


Both the Prime Minister and the President of the Sudanese Sovereign Council, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, were tested and their results came back negative.

Meanwhile, the coronavirus cases exceeded 14,1555 since the virus was first detected in Sudan after the Health Ministry announced 65 new cases on Monday.

In a statement, the ministry reported a new death from the virus, bringing the nationwide death toll to 1,116.

The Ministry reiterated the importance of adhering to the new health protocols to deal with the “second wave” of infections, denying the reports that it intends to impose lockdown and close the country’s borders.

The ministry stressed the need to adhere to health measures and precautions such as maintaining social distance and wearing masks to contain the spread of the virus.



Israeli Forces and Drones Fire on Hundreds of Palestinians Waiting for Aid

Palestinians carry the body of a man killed a day earlier while attempting to get aid at a distribution point near the Israeli-controlled Zikim border crossing, during a funeral procession at Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on June 23, 2025. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
Palestinians carry the body of a man killed a day earlier while attempting to get aid at a distribution point near the Israeli-controlled Zikim border crossing, during a funeral procession at Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on June 23, 2025. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
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Israeli Forces and Drones Fire on Hundreds of Palestinians Waiting for Aid

Palestinians carry the body of a man killed a day earlier while attempting to get aid at a distribution point near the Israeli-controlled Zikim border crossing, during a funeral procession at Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on June 23, 2025. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
Palestinians carry the body of a man killed a day earlier while attempting to get aid at a distribution point near the Israeli-controlled Zikim border crossing, during a funeral procession at Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on June 23, 2025. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)

Israeli forces and drones opened fire toward hundreds of Palestinians waiting for aid trucks in central Gaza early Tuesday, killing at least 25 people, Palestinian witnesses and hospitals said.

The Israeli military did not immediately comment.

The Awda hospital in the urban Nuseirat refugee camp, which received the victims, said the Palestinians were waiting for the trucks on the Salah al-Din Road south of Wadi Gaza.

Witnesses told The Associated Press that Israeli forces opened fire as people were advancing eastward to be close to the approaching trucks.