Omar al-Bashir sat in a cage as he was sentenced for corruption Sudan's ex-president Omar al-Bashir has been sentenced to two years in a social reform facility for corruption. The judge told the ...

June 30, 1989 – Leads a coup against Sudan’s Prime Minister Sadiq al-Mahdi. Establishes and proclaims ... with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Bashir agrees to peace talks with rebels.