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Umma party rejects cooperation with government

    NAIROBI

    Leader of the Umma opposition party, Sadiq al-Mahdi, said that he would have no part of the new government without a political agreement.

    Sadiq al-Mahdi, a former prime minister, told journalists that the government was “totalitarian”, Reuters said on 22 January. In a press conference, he said “we cannot continue to negotiate with the government indefinitely and we have decided irrevocably not to take part in this totalitarian government.” He said the Umma party had reached deadlock with the government, but gave no details. Some Umma officials had said the party would only join a coalition when a comprehensive political settlement had been reached.

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