Sudan Allows Alcohol Consumption, Scraps Apostasy Law

Glasses of sparking wine.Photographer: Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg
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Sudan abolished a law against apostasy that carried the death penalty and loosened prohibitions on drinking alcohol, removing some of the most notorious restrictions of ousted dictator Omar al-Bashir’s Islamist rule.