Sudan’s Bashir Kept Key to Room With Millions of Euros, Court Hears

Sudan’s toppled former leader Omar al-Bashir was the only person with a key to a room at the presidential palace holding millions of euros.
Sudan’s Bashir Kept Key to Room With Millions of Euros, Court Hears
Sudan's former president Omar Hassan al-Bashir smiles as he is seen inside a cage at the courthouse where he is facing corruption charges, in Khartoum, Sudan on Aug. 31, 2019. Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/Reuters
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KHARTOUM—Sudan’s toppled former leader Omar al-Bashir was the only person with a key to a room at the presidential palace holding millions of euros, his last office manager testified on Saturday.

Speaking at Bashir’s trial on charges of possessing illicit foreign currency and corruption, Yasser Basheer said the former president gave him more than 10 million euros’ ($11 million) cash in his final months of rule for delivery to different parties.