Minister dies in Sudan air crash

19 August 2012 Last updated at 08:54 ET


Ghazi al-Sadiq become minister for religious affairs just last month

The Sudanese government's religion minister has been killed in a plane crash along with some 30 other people, official media say.
The civilian aircraft, carrying military and political officials, came down in the Nuba Mountains.
All those on board are said to have died in the crash.
The plane was on its way to South Kordofan for an Eid al-Fitr celebration, to mark the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
Sudan's Minister of Guidance and Religious Endowments, Ghazi al-Sadiq Abdel Rahim, was among those killed.
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