Head of Sudan’s largest party slams recognizing Israel

CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s former Prime Minister Sadiq al-Mahdi has slammed an announcement by President Donald Trump that Sudan would start normalizing ties with Israel. Al-Mahdi said Saturday the announcement “contributes to the elimination of the peace project in the Middle East and to preparing for the ignition of a new war.” Al-Mahdi was Sudan’s last democratically elected prime minister and was overthrown in a 1989 Islamist-backed coup that brought autocrat Omar al-