Sudan's Bashir gets two years' detention for corruption

Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir looks on during The India-Africa Summit in New Delhi on January 2, 2014,. He was with corruption. PHOTO | PRAKASH SINGH | AFP

By  AFP

What you need to know:

  • The court ordered the 75-year-old to serve two years in a correctional centre for the elderly.
  • The ex-president will appeal the verdict, said one of his lawyers, Ahmed Ibrahim.
  • After Bashir was toppled, ICC prosecutors requested he stand trial for the killings in Darfur.

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